K8n neo2 (s939) bios/post problems

hello guys
i hope you can help me out here
english is my second language so please bear whit me
first my specs in a nutshell:
k8n neo2 (s939)
amd64 3500
geforce fx5800
the problem is:
every time i turn the power off i need to flash the bios to get trough his post.
if i reboot from windows (not shutdown but reboot) then it runs trouhg his post normaly, but if i shutdown not.
it simply does nothing if i press the power botton.
on the d-bracklet i see 4 green or 4 red lichts so that must be wrong too i think right?
if annyone have a sulution: thank you verry much
ps: i am running bios version: 1.4

By flash the BIOS do you mean reset CMOS? i.e. you switch a jumper for a few seconds?
If so you have the same problem as me in this post: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum wont boot without clearing CMOS first.
I changed the HT in BIOS to 4x and have been stable ever since.

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