MY K8N NEO4 Platinum wont load windows

hey
well i just got the MSI K8N NEO4 PLATINUM and it will turn on. It will get to the Windows XP loading screen but then when its going to actually load windows it restarts.
why is this?
thanks

Probably because something isn't right?
More info would be helpfull, my cristalball broke yesterday

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    Have you tried searching at all? What BIOS version u using? I'd recommend flashing the latest.
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