KT4V & XP2200+, Win2000 Pro won't restart or power down on shut

KT4V & XP2200+, Win2000 Pro won't restart or power down on shut
Just picked up new KT4V and a XP 2200+ for a system build-up for a magazine article story. It also has a Maxtor 120GB 7200 HDD and 1GB of Micron PC2700 (2.5 latency) RAM. Installed Win 2000 Pro on the system (later another HDD will get XP Pro). The Video card is an HIS manufactured ATI Radeon 9000 w/64MB.
Had a few problems on install, got STOP screens a few times. Finally installed and Win 2000 runs fine, EXCEPT that it won't restart warm (like after installing apps or even selecting restart from shutdown) and the system won't power off on full shut down. I get the "It's safe to turn off your system" screen. Checked everywhere in the BIOS setup and 2000 Pro Control Panel for a selection, but there is none!
On restarts, it seems to go throught the "post" and just when the Windows start should come on, blank screen. HDD stops seeking, like doesn't know what to do.
This is also occuring with the Win XP Pro installation, but the OS is even acting flakier!
Latest BIOS has been installed.
I finally spoke to a MSI Tech Rep (took three days of calling and two unreturned messages), with less then what sounded much experience or actual knowledge, he said that it was an incompatibility problem with various ATI Radeon based video cards. I said, WHAT?! You don't design a MB to be compatible with the largest mfg. of video cards! Can anyone confirm this???
I am less than inspired by MSI, folks. And, it will be related in the article I'm writing. X(
Does anyone have any ideas regarding the reason and solutions to the problems??

well i cannot say ive noticed it,a search here only got a single thread re both cards together,i would have expected more
tried http://www.memtest86.com on ram,try one by one if multi sticks
what psu,combined watts ,amps 3 main voltages
seem to recall reading with them they have the extra power intake,and one guy advised making sure card was only thing on it
in device manager whats pc seen as,acpi uniprocessor?
also whats irq sharing look like
try latest bios as well

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