Msi-6380 k7t266 pro2-ru keeps restarting

I have just been given a  msi-6380 k7t266 pro2-ru from a friend who has just bought a new board and therefore gave me his old one. But i have plugged everything with a radeon 9000 128mb graphics card and an athlon 1400mhz and 512 2100ddr ram and the pc begins to load and the top two diagnostic leds light briefly and the buzzer beeps once and then all 4 red lights come on and the pc restarts itself.  ?(  This would indicate to me that it is a CPU problem, but i have changed the cpu with different ones and similar results occour??? ;(  Does anyone have any idea what this problem may be????? I would be very greatful for any help.
Many Thanks
Chris Tootell

Chris,
Since you have a KT266 Motherboard and you posted in the nVidia/AMD/SiS Motherboard Forum, I moved the thread to Via Forum for you.
Good Luck,
Richard

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    No....!! There is nothing bad mounted.  
    The reason for this post of you PC, is that the cooler isn't running fast enough for the BIOS, so your BIOS just wantst to warn you. The easiest way to get rid of it, is to disable the "CPU Fan Detection" in the BIOS, or connect the fan to another plug. That's all there is to it!
    sj

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