KT3 Ultra2 stuck on Initializing Hard Drive Controller

AMD Athlon 2200
KT3 Ultra 2
Antec 400W
Maxtor 60G
512
I put the machine together and it does not display anything. On the D Bracket it shows 2 red 2 green "Initializing Hard Drive Controller". I have depopulated motherboard all the way down to just one stick of Ram, One hard drive the bare necessities. It still doesnt work. Swapped hard drives, video cards and Ram. Measured voltages for power supply. Rebuilt it twice from ground up. Reset CMOS. Still same thing. It shows the 2 red 2 green as soon as I turn it on, doesnt seem to be running any POST tests.
Any suggestions? :O

I am a 17 year old high school student who has put together a total of 12 machines. There are a couple of issues I would like to address:
1. Every PC I built was based around SOCKETA platform and EVERY board was an MSI.
2. I just finished building two machines around the KT3 Ultra-2 board (I am typing on now), have given the one to my uncle and aunt. NO PROBLEMS. XP2100 512 PC2700 Two 30Gb Maxtors RAID0 Saphire Radeon 9000 Pro 128mb DDR.... No trouble. They went together in about 45 minutes... I have hauled mine (I kept one for me - yippee!!) up to my cabin and back again... never ever failing...
3. I understand everyone's frustration in this issue, for it is DEFINETELY an issue, BUT, MSI I can guarantee is working out the solution and they stand behind their products. I was having trouble with an Nforce based board. Sent it back, got a new one in 4 days... That has been my only trouble MY ONLY TROUBLE. And on top of it, I later learn that it was my fault. I was the one who grounded mysterious pin 9 on the USB header... It was how the case came set up---you know with the front USB ports...
4. I also know that MSI's boards are the most stable I've seen . I've helped other students with home built PC's who use Gigabyte, ASUS, Abit, ECS... and I've seen trouble with all of them.
5. Stick with it. Don't give up. Get your board and if need be your proc. replaced, and move on. This board is worth it. It is so nice. I have had my machine on for two weeks straight. Running XP PRO. Nothing but solid.
6. WHY DOES EVERYONE BLAME EVERYTHING ON THE PSU??? I have used cheap-o 300W generic supplies (granted, I have never owned or set-up a GF4) but plain and simply put, I have not had any stable problems with MSI boards and cheap power supplies. MSI does an excellent job with their power stabilization portion of the board, and design their boards around imperfect voltages. Nothing is perfect. "30 amps", that's rediculous.
Anyway, I hope that I have changed a few minds about MSI and their boards, and that you will take the time to get your problem resolved. If you do, you will do just like me, and return to MSI for all of your computing mainboard needs.
-AlwayzAMD
MAXTOP case - ALLIED 350w ATX
MSI KT3 Ultra2
512Mb PC2700 DDR Ram (Samsung)
AMD Athlon XP 2100
Saphire ATI Radeon 9000 PRO 128mb
Thermaltake VOLCANO 7 HSF
2 92mm Case fans
2 30Gb Maxtors RAID0 (striping - sweeeet!)
Lite-on 16x DVDROM / 48x CDROM
Lite-on 48x24x48 Burner
Idle Temp: 38C
Load Temp: 44C
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