Boot Question - MSI K8T Neo FIS2R

I have the above board and installed it yesterday with a saucy Athlon 64 3200+ and Radeon 9800 Pro card, 60Gb (Pata IDE HDD) and everything is running perfectly in windows XP Pro with great performance in 3dmark tests.
The only question is with the boot up.  After the MSI logo I just get a blank screen before the Windows XP logo appears for OS boot up.
I'm used to seeing the Award Bios logo and my Processor with Memtest results etc on the screen before the OS bootup.  I've disabled SATA and the Realtek LAN in the bios which were showing up with "Bios not installed" and still there is no Award bios screen.
I'm not the most gifted when it comes to bios configs and would appreciate any help you may have.
All the best
Lux

Awesome, thanks for the help guys.  
A simple solution to a simple problem.   Many thanks and it's good to join the MSI community.
Cheers

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