K7T Turbo (MS-6330) motherboard no longer boots up

For the last 8 months my PC has been working perfectly. However for the last few weeks the PC has refused to shut down correctly...the operating system shuts down, and all the drives shut down, but there is just a cursor left flashing in the top left corner of the screen. The only way to completely shut down was to pull out the power plug and put it back in again. Then everything would stay off until I next powered up.
However today, the computer will not boot up at all. When I put the mains power in, all the fans and the hard drives immediately power up, and the D-LEDs light up with 4 red lights. Then when I press the power button the computer tries to start up, the top two LEDs flicker, and it stops with the LEDs at GREEN-RED-GREEN-RED from top to bottom. Can you please advise me what the problem is likely to be.
Tennant

It was the earlier version of the 6330 boards that had the regulator problem The K7TPRO2 and PRO2A. I think that by the time the TURBO series came out, MSI had fixed the regulator problem. The symptoms included, not being to shutdown ,unless you shut off or unplugged the PC. Other symptoms included 4 red leds and random loss of video. You could  actually feel the regulator, and it would be hot to the touch.Maybe you could search the archives for the thread" How long before your pro2a dies?". There is some excellent info in that thread that may help.You might try to lower fsb to 100 by replacing the j17 jumper ,this sometimes will show a bad supply by booting up at the lower fsb. edit:the board should have a 2 year warranty from MSI so if its bad, you may be able to RMA it . BIGDADDY51 CT USA

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