MSI K7D Problem

I have a vanilla MSI K7D mobo. I upgraded the cpus today, to a couple MP2400s. I am running bios ver 1.5, and the cpus are recognized as 2 x MP2400s. The OS is Windows XP Pro.
The problem is that it doesn't seem to like rebooting or shutting down. It works fine while you're in Windows but when you do a "Start" ==> "Turn Off Computer" ==> "Restart Computer" or "Turn Off" it exits Windows, the screen turns black and locks up.
You need to turn it off with the ATX switch, wait a few seconds and it'll power back on. The strange thing is, it seems to run fine in Windows it just won't reboot or shut down properly without the machine locking up.
I heard that there is a bios ver 1.6 which should take care of this problem. However, I can not find it on MSI's web site.
Anyone have an idea what could be causing this problem? It ran fine before the upgrade with a pair of MP2000s.
Help!!! ?(

Goobee,
Here is the info from BIOS 1.5:
Quote
a.Support AMD Athlon 2000+ (CPUID=680) MP processor (Throughbred 0.13)
b.Added code for support Athlon 2400+ & 2600+.
c.Fixed system can't boot to RedHat7.3 SMP OS when there is only one processor on the system.
d.Support low RPM CPU fan.
e.Display warning message and shutdown the system when there are different speed CPU plugged(Palamino & Thoroughbred).
Also you will want to read this thead:
K7D Master Question
Take Care,
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