845G Max-L(MS-6580) & G4Ti4200-TD(MS-8870)

Hi,
I'm having trouble with booting up using 845G Max-L(MS-6580) and G4Ti4200-TD(MS-8870).
When the system normally boots up, it first displays the Video card information on the screen then MSI full screen image is displayed, after that Windows starts loading.
However, when I boot the system, it very often does not even show videocard information but the screen just simlpy becomes white (sometimes very light blue or vertical stripes with several colors), then single beep and screen size adjustment seems to happen but it just doesn't go any farther.
So in order to get the system up and running, I just simply repeat rebooting the system. Quite often I have to repeat rebooting around 10 times.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on and how to fix it?
System:
- 845G Max-L (MS-6580)
- G4Ti4200-TD (MS8870) 128MB
- Intel Celron 2.0GHz
- DDR 128MB PC2100
- Windows XP Home Edition

Okay, I think I finally got it work. It was because of the PCI card that I had on Slot 6. I used Slot 3 instead, then it seems to work fine (shared INT problem?). Even using 250W power supply it works well. (Would it still be better to use 480W?)
Even though the problem seems gone, I'm not still clear about the problem, 'cause using ASUS V6800(old) with PCI card on Slot 6 did not cause the problem.
Do you have clear explanation? I guess I have a lot more stuff to learn.

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Originally posted by wazoo
I'm running the 845G MAX with a 2.26 P4 and 512mb RAM on WinXP Pro.
I am unable for get any I/O through COM2. To test the ports, I'm using HyperTerminal over a null modem cable to a laptop. When running this config, I have no problem communicating over COM1. However, when I switch to COM2, I get nothing. Strangely, the software recognizes COM2 as being there and active, but I can't get it to communicate.
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