K8T Neo Fir won't post after live update to 2.0 bios

After running the Live Update which updated the bios to 2.0, I can't boot into XP (SP 1). I can boot in safe mode. Not sure how to get this running again. I've tried everything I can think of, any ideas on what I might try?
Setup was running fine prior to bios update.
XP SP 1
K8T Neo Fir
1 GB
Promise Sata Raid 1 - 2 80GB Sata drives
Radeon 9600

I tried executing "fixboot" from the recovery console but this may have made things worse. After running this successfully, the console reported that it had written a new boot vloc on teh C partition in FAT32. The SATA drives are not formatted in FAT32! Now I don't get the Windows initial screen at all, it just goes back to the bios and restarts. I can still startup in safe mode though.
Maybe the Recovery Console can't see the drives properly because the Promise drivers are not loaded? Any ideas? I'm in deep now!

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Hello friends,
specs:
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Sony optical drives.
Mitsumi 3.5"
buncha Antec fans.
So I got my new baby all put together and took a deep breath and started it up.
All the fans came on, hdds making hdd type noises, CPU fan a-spinning.
Nothing happens. Doesn't post. No video at all. The MSI usb/diagnostics dongle has all 4 LEDs shining, and supposedly that means the CPU is damged or not seated right.
Poop.
So I take it down, pull of the heatsink and look at the CPU. Looks good. Just to be sure I take it out, look for dust or damage or any abnormalities. Nothing. No physical defects on the CPU pins or the socket. Alright. I carefully put the CPU back, put the heatsink back on (Am I the only one who loves how the heatsink attaches? Bravo AMD!) and.....the same thing happens. I sigh loudly and commence with the near hysterical swearing. Girlfriend announces she HATES it when I build a new PC.
Tried all sorts of other premutations, one stick of ram, unplugging all periphs in different combos, pressing the power button while petting a monkey and eating fire. You name it, I've done it. Does anyone else abuse couch pillows?
You gotta let it out man.
I've probably inserted a few hundred CPUs into ZIF sockets over the years, so I'm 100% certain I didn't muss it up.
So before I RMA these little sweethearts (both the mb and cpu, because how can one tell if it's the socket or cpu?) has anyone else been down this road and want to give me the magic cure? Or maybe just a hug?
Much Thanks to you. Have a good weekend.

Hello Friends,
The Hynix dimms in several arrangements, no go.
I also, uh, borrowed some infineon from work. Tried in several configs, no go.
Samsung no go.
Enter: Despair.
As I sat and stared at the machine in sort of a "I just spent a lot of money and what do I have?" sort of way, mine eyes did fall upon the gleaming brand new Antec "TruePower" psu.
Mind you, I had a perfectly acceptable 450 watt. No problems at all with it. It was generic and cost 30 dollars. But in the quest for stability, nay, in the quest for the very computer bliss we all aspire to, I laid out my coinage for the Antec fancy schmancy model. I thought, "Time to go with a real name, a real psu." .
And here's where the story ends. I swapped out the psu, thinking at this point I was sort grasping at straws, and wham bam thank you ma'am, here I am sitting by my gleaming tiny god, my humming MSI K8T, all is forgiven.
Thanks for the help all. The corsairs all seem to to do their job. Antec apparently does not test their rather expensive "TruePower" psu.
Ironically, the brand of the no namish psu appears to be "Works", emblazoned proudly on it's side.
So if you think ram is ruining your life, stick a piece of crap psu in that rig and see.
There's only one thing left to say.
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New K8T Neo FIS2R won't post

I have looked at all the other threads in this forum, but can't find the solution.
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New Mushkin 3500 Level One (Cas 2) 2x512MB
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When I give it power, all the fans come on, the 4 LEDs on the bracket stay lit up, and then don't change, but I get no video or any other indications (such as beeps). The 4-Pin power connector, is securely connected in the proper location. The standard ATX connector is also secure. I'd link to a picture to prove it, but my camera is charging right now.
Currently I have only power wires, power switch, system speaker, video card, and 1 stick of RAM in the first slot. I have tried it without the video card, without RAM, with RAM in different slots, just about any combination I can think of. I have even cleared the CMOS a few times. Nothing changes, I always get stuck with the 4 LEDs. I don't have anything connected to the USB headers either (that was mentioned in another post).
I know some people have mentioned that the Antec 550's 24A on the 12V isn't great, but it should be more than enough amps, the way my system is setup right now.

Hi
It does not sound like a major prob, it sounds like a PSU or memory problem, anyway of checking MOBO with another PSU with at least 20A on the 12v. Also check the memory sticky at top of the posts and see if your OK memory wise, another possibility is that one of the mounting screws is tracking from the board - try removing screws and see if it boots, also check none of the cables are touching the case or MOBO.
MOBO and CPU seem fairly resilent, so faulty parts are not to likely, although one never knows. Another thought the Jbat1 Cmos jumper is on pins 1 & 2, 1 is marked on board, and you could try clearing CMOS. a corrupted bios could also cause this.
Best of luck, lets know how you go
Jocko
PS. looking at the stickys at top, Bas has put one there about a compitition by MSI, one of the questions is about Radeons needing extra power( has an April 1st entry date!!), it is worth checking, does your Radeon have its own supply, you could always remove it and see if it boots.
Cheers

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System: MSI K8NGM2-FID, 4 gig Corsair, AMD 4400 X2, EVGA 7800GT, 4 Seagate 160 SATA II drives in RAID 0, HP 740vi, Sony floppy, CoolerMaster 810 Stacker case, PS Power & Cooling Turbo 510/SLI.
I just assembled the system. It POSTed fine. I installed Windows XP (SP 2), NAV 2006, Linksys USB network card, MSI LiveUpdate. I updated the BIOS 3.0 to 3.1 using Windows through the Live Update and making a rescue disk. Nothing remarkable about the update. System will not POST i.e. nothing shows up on the screen although the lights on the Corsair memory go through the appropriate cycle and the keyboard lights shine as usual. Attempted to restore from rescue—can get the disk read using control home: still no POST. Same result after using the BIOS reset switch on the board.
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I'm having the same problem about my system not going through POST. D-bracket shows 4 red (CPU damaged or installed improperly). I've read all the previous threads dealing with this issue, but the distinguishing fact in my case is that the system has been running fine for four months. What started to happen is that the system would lose video unpredictably, though the power to the system remained on (could hear fans and, I thought, HDs). And now it won't boot.
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I now have two machines with a similar problem.
Symptoms are - machine hung after hardware install (windows had booted and was installing the driver). Hit the reset button. Machine cycles but then no POST, no video, (no anything much).
D-leds indicates Video/Video Memory/Memory problem.
RAM and Graphics worked fine in other machine.
One was a brand new M/B,CPU,RAM, PSU
other was running fine for 12months until I decided to add a network card.
I consider it highly unlikely that I've blown the PSU on two cases - alas they're both the same model as I liked it so much I bought another.
This seems to be a common problem.
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