Four Red Lights - new system

I've assembled a new system, when trying to start it I get four red LEDs from the D-panel that comes with the board.
The specs:
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R
A64 2800+
512 Corsair Value Select
GF 5600 Ultra (temp)
IBM 60G IDE HD, Maxtor 60G IDE HD
Tagan 480W PSU (http://www.tagan.com)
I've tried this with two CPUs and get the same results with both, four red lights.  Any ideas?

Things to do in order...
Create a sig that contains them. It is impossible to give specific help when we have no idea what parts we are talking about. Keep in mind that no one wants to hunt if the thread gets long.
Reset CMos as per your manual.
Try just one stiuck of RAM.
Try the other stick or an older stick.
Try other memory sockets.
Once you get to bios set to defaults and then set the memory speed to the correct setting for your ram and leave all others at auto.
Set specific memory timings as per your RAM.
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