MSI Z77A-G43 Gaming motherboard not posting

MDI Z77A-G43 NOT POSTING
Hi all,
I setup my new system using msi z77a-g4, i5 2500k and 8gb corsair ram.
It was working fine I was watching a movie when suddenly the system hanged
even after somtime when it was still in hanged state and nothing was working
i restarted by pressing the restart button .... after that it's not even posting.
CPU fan keeps on moving but the display is just blank even keyboard lights are not coming up
Just noticed it seems it's restarting after every few seconds ... guessing this by change in the color of mouse led.
Please help ... i tried to reset the bios by using JBAT1 but still no results
Board z77a-g43 gaming
Bios version don't know
VGA Using onboard graphics
PSU Corsair VX 450W
Intel core i5 2500K sandy bridge 3.3GHZ not overclocked LGA 1155 95W
Corsair Vengance DDR3 8GB X 1
SEAGATE 40 GB Sata hdd
Windows XP Professional SP3

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-Z77A-G43-Motherboard-Pentium-Celeron/dp/B007JRGV14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394153251&sr=8-1&keywords=Z77A-G43
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Yes, nothing suspicious there, everything loads perfectly. See result below.
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