P4N SLI-FI boot problem

I just assembled a PC with an MSI P4N SLI-FI motherboard, P4 3.2GHz CPU, 2 pcs Kingston 512MB DDR2 PC533, MSI GT6600 PCI-E card, 480 watt HEC PSU, LG DVD combo drive and a Samsung 32" LCD TV for monitor.
After doing a Live Update on the BIOS, the system hangs on boot-up (no beeps, no video). The LED on the D bracket 2 says: Testing Base and Extended Memory. (It is stuck red on the two left most LED's).
After a couple or more hardware reset, the system will then proceed to boot.
I did a stress test using BurnInTest and everything passed including the memory.
Is there a possibility it is the PSU, or a buggy BIOS? Should I restore the old BIOS?

Quote from: Maesus on 12-June-06, 20:45:38
When it hang, meaning you see nothing on the screen? This sounds like ... hmm... your 3.2GHz P4, is it a Northwood or Prescott or Cedarmill?
It could be power supply but it could be something else, such as RAM. HAve you tried to set DDR voltage to 1.9V instead ?
Yes, nothing on the screen. My 3.2 GHz is an Intel 640 (I do not know the name)
I ran a stress test (burnittest) after booting and everything is reported PASSED, did this test several times. I also changed voltages on the DDR, NB etc. and same problem, I have been playing with the unit for three days now...
I transferred the RAM, PCI-E Graphics card and CPU to my Shuttle XPC and it worked fine. So it could be the PSU or MOBO...
I just checked the specs on my HEC power supply, and the 12V1 is rated at 17A and the second rail of 12V is rated at 15A, I remember reading on my MOBO manual that it requires 18A on the 12V rail! Could this be it?

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Do you mean
1GB, 512MB, 1GB, 512MB?
Sorry, ya thats what i meant, 2 GB was a mistake. Its 1 GB, 512, 1, 512.
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As stated before. Remove the 512meg sticks. To run properly, all sticks should be the same. Reason is due to timings and voltages. Also try to up the voltages to the cpu.
I removed the 512 sticks before, like I said, and I'm just running with the 2 x 1GB sticks, it hasnt had any positive effect on the long wait before POST. The voltage for the RAM is 1.8v right now as according to the BIOS, is that the correct value?
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