KT4VL BIOS Help

I'm trying to find out if the BIOS on my mobo is bad. I have not been able to get this mobo to run stabily since I got it 3 weeks ago. When ever I enter BIOS the AMI BIOS screen will flash on and off, sometimes even scamble abit for about 4 sec, then dislpay CMOS setup. Once in setup all seems normal, but I noticed something strange. In CPU Frequncy/Vcore setup and frequency adjustment selected, the help displays the following:
  "To change/select ur frequency press +/-"
OK I don't have what it says in front of me (forgot to bring it with me).
It's the ur thing that bugs me anyway. It may be just a mistake, bad english or a way to save space. Or an indication of a bad chip.
I'm guessing it's supposed to say "your", but "ur" is all I get.
The board shipped with BIOS v 1.1, I flashed it to 1.2. During my attemts to get it running I have reflashed 1.2 3 times, all flashes reported good. Since noticing the "ur" I flashed to 1.1 but it is the same.
Would some one with this board Please check thiers to see if it's the same. Thanks.

It has been recommended to run a sys with a GF4 you need at least a combined watts of 200 on the 3.3v and 5v.
If your HSF is connected to the mobo connect it straight to the PSU. Signal spikes through the sense line have been known to occur causing probs.
Also if you have a 40 wire ribbon try using that with the CD/DVD instead of an 80 wire. I've had probs with 80 wire and CD/DVD combos
Last I have read that MS recommends disabling APIC, but if you do that you will have to reinstall windows. However I don't think that will make a diff.
Hope one of these helps.
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