K7D Master-L RAM Woes...

Hey MSI Crew,
Hope this posting finds you all well. I seem to be having a problem with my K7D Master-L MoBo that is driving me insane!  Please help!
Here is the history of the problem (Sorry if it's long). I used to have a Tyan Tiger MPX dual CPU board. It had two AMD 2400+ CPUs, 1 GB of memory (ECC) and various cards (video, USB, sound). Well, one day I decide to open it to clean it. I had my air can and sprayed the dust away. I then pushed the power button and nothing. I then turned on the power from the back of the PSU and it started but no POST. Great... I fiddled with the board and no matter what I did, it would not pass POST. Blank screen.
What I realized started to happen was a flux of power on the board. You could hear the PSU rev up and down. I then replace the PSU. The new one is an ANTEC 550 BASIQ PLUS. Still no POST. Still reving.
I then go ahead and replace the Mobo. I got a MCI K7D Master-L. I put it into my box, attach everything and it runs steady. I had to get new memory because the sticks I had in the Tyan wouldn't fit. I got a Kingston 1GB 266MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM PC-2100 ValueRAM. When it ran, everything worked: fans spinning, lights on CD/DVD-ROMs blinking BUT still no POST. Blank screen... Stripped down to basic and still no POST.
I then look at the D-Bracket lights and I see "Red Green Red Red". I look in the manual I downloaded from the MCI page and it states: "Memory Detection Test - Testing onboard memory size. The D-LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly." It is brand new. I'm not sure if it is Registered or not. I do know the manual says that the MoBo requires: 184-PIN 2.5v DDR DIMM PC2100 DDR SDRAM (8 memory banks)."
I thought that this RAM was good enough. I have read on this forum that this board can be picky when it comes to RAM. PLEASE HELP!  I really want this to work! Thanks everyone!

OK, so now I'm between  and 
I received the memory from Crucial yesterday and installed it into my K7D Master-L. I close my eyes, pray for a second, turn on the power and... nothing. It is still showing red green red red. No POST. This is what I've done so far:
*Cleared CMOS (Nothing)
*Change from 100 to 133 and back for memory (Nothing)
*Tried all slots for the memory (Nothing)
*Unplugged power supply so no juice was going to the computer and plugged it back and started (Same result)
The only thing now is that when I start the computer, I get a series of beeps (sporadic, not a real sequence) in the beginning and then becomes less as time goes by (a few seconds). I'm not sure if that's progress or not... 
I don't know what else to do. I want to go from  to  Please help me!

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    o I tried downgrading the SX4000 controller BIOS to the other, earlier one available on the Promise Web site, to v1.01.0.15. No changes. The card still doesn't work in any slot on the K7D Master-L, and works fine in any slot on the OptiPlex GX400.
    o There *are* people on these forums who have similar systems, some with the same motherboard and controller, others with the same motherboard and similar cards like the FastTrak SX6000 who apparently are able to make it work. I know this only because they have open threads on other issues and happen to provide their configuration info. For example:
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    2CPU forum post #1
    2CPU forum post #2
    2CPU forum post #3
    MSI forum post #1
    newsgroup post #1
    --same mobo, very similar controller card--this person first asked on MSI forums and then walked the AMDMB, Tom's Hardware forums, with no response except a supposed "will not work" from MSI; the last one is another person describing my exact problem I think--only one so far--but with an SX6000--
    MSI forum post #2
    AMDforums post #1
    Tom's HW Community post #1
    newsgroup post #2
    --same chipset though different mobo--
    2CPU forum post #4
    2CPU forum post #5
    2CPU forum post #6 (the K7D Master L has no "jumperless mode")
    --people building similar/identical setups--
    2CPU forum post #7
    AMDforums post #2
    AMDforums post #3
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    Flash and SRAM Memory Address FF200000
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    What I need help with :
    If you have a K7D Master-L and an SX4000, SX6000, or other similar Promise controller, please let me know how your system is configured.
    What other peripherals, particularly video card do you have?
    Which slots are all the cards in, particularly the SX4000?
    What BIOS version of the K7D Master-L are you using?
    What BIOS version is the SX4000?
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