Msi S939 nf4 ultra sli pci-e live2 and windows SP2 ??? need help

Ok so i just bought  Msi S939 nf4 ultra sli pci-e live2 and after i have installed the motherboard and everything went fine untill i installed Servise Pack 2. Does this motherboard even work with sp2? the problem is that when i boot my Pc it reboots before i can even get to windows, and giving an error that i can't read becose of that reboot, i have allso tryed to log in with safe mode but it does the same thing, what can i do? updating bios helps? i dont know what version i have, its the one that comes with the mb cd... PLEASE HELP ME !!!

First steps:
When opening a mobo from it box and before mounting it in your PC , clear cmos w/jumper (you never know whats stored on it in cmos from testing etc)
Next boot directly to bios when having it powered and load optimized defaults ( this sets ACPI/MPS/DMA etc. in usable values)
(some options are even not shown anymore , so make sure to load "Optimized Defaults" before continuing.
Restart it a few times until update DMI pool is no longer dispalyed in post screen.
Then proceed wit install of xp.
Installing windows xp .
To be "absolutely sure use F5 key when xp setup displays press F6 to load raid drivers .
Then you can select the correct HAL for your system .
With single core cpu select "ACPI Uniprocessor" and
with dual core select "ACPI Multiprocessor" .
This will ensure you have a xp installation and bios match for your system , and a troublefree win install.

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    K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI is sold in America and is identical to the Diamond (has the silicone image SATA controller) for 6 SATA ports and Dual Gb Nic's but don't expect the Duel Net Card with bluetooth and wireless.
    K8N Neo4 Platinum is the plain old nforce4 ultra offering.
    Check the differences on msicomputer.com vs msi.com.tw and it will become clearer, its taken me 2 months to get my head around it all.

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