MSI K7T Pro 2-a

Alright, I have an MSI K7T Pro 2-a (not 266) and I need to see if anyone has had this problem before. The board started giving me this crazy error about the floppy drive so I ordered a new bios for it. Now it will post video fine, but 10 - 15 seconds after post it will just crash. I have tried a number of CPU's (duron 700, duron 1.1, tbird 600, tbird 1.0) and they all do the same thing. My next step is to get an RMA and just send the board in, but I figured Id see if the forum could help before I went through all the trouble.
Thanks,
Dmcanally

never really seen a trend with that board
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/service/forum/search.php?boardid=13&searchid=1&showposts=
will get you most posts re it to read

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