Compact Flash Drives/Other Probs Mega 180

I've had my MEGA 180 for almost two weeks and like many here it has been a pain in my butt.
After reformatting and installing the software in a certain order I finally got my system somewhat stable, but I am running into new issues now.
My compact flash drives no longer show up in my computer, I can't find them in Device Manager either. Also every now and then my network card will only send not receive. Tried different cables and it's no help. It may also be my cable modem, but I don't know.
I'm not running the nForce IDE SW driver because if I do I get the eject button lock-up problem people are having, but the performance leaves something to be desired.
My PC Alert also died, it was working fine. Now if it is allowed to boot it will not completely load its GUI and begin to say my CPU is running way hotter than it is and after a minute of 100% CPU it will cut off my computer if not killed. I just un-installed it for now. The funny thing is, their Fuzzy Logic program works for getting the temps.
I'm in a back and forth email wth MSI Taiwan right now, but I don't see it going anywhere. Hoping like everyone else these issues can be fixed with driver and BIOS updates. I would be EXTREMELY unhappy to have to go through an RMA process even with companies that have good RMA policies.
As far as their bundled software, MSI Media Center is the biggest POS I have ever used. I am currently using ShowShifter and it works REALLY well with my 8606 master tuner.
Enough ranting for now, if anybody else has similar problems, let me know. If you have solutions EVEN BETTER!

xp sp1a, all patches, etc.
PC4000 (yes overkill, but I got a good deal on it)
I had 2700 in it and it still acted the same way so I doubt memory is the problem.
Now my damn tv tuner is being an ass and is making it so I can only view the cable right in RGB24, not the default YUY2. In YUY2 it is almost like the brightness settings/contrast settings are all wrong, but adjusting them doesn't do anything. It worked this morning.
If I had a dollar for everytime I had said "it worked this morning" with this thing I'd be able to buy something else.

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