Pt880 Neo will not boot. Help please

Here is my setup.  I just picked up a brand new msi pt880 neo series and a p4. 2.8 fsb800/1mbcache.
I was current using a ati 9800 pro and crucial 512 pc3200 ram. i installed two  maxtor 160g hd and i was going to run raid in a pci slot raid controller.  so far i know the ram works and the video card and the one of the hd.  My power supply supports up to 400watts. I have a btc dvd burner, floppy and a liteon dvd rom.  im also running 4 fans.  
My problem is that when i turn it on, it powers up but nothing else works.  On the D-bracket 2 i get 4 red lights lite up and nothing else.
Im stuck and not sure what to do now? Is it my mb or chip or a combination of things? Thank you very much for your time.

Heya,-
Sounds interesting enough to me aswell... I had the same problems with my Mobo too... But it turned out to be the CPU. Intel has release some 'C' versions of that 2.8GHz CPU, which might be some scaled-down Extreme Edition CPU's or even a down-graded Prescott CPU.
So what I needed for my mobo to get it work was:
- Updated BIOS version
- Another CPU (working) to get the new BIOS version on my mobo...
The shop that helped me, gave me some information from Intel. You can check your exact type of CPU in their website... They gave me the link to the Intel P4 CPU Specification Update. And in that document on page 17 I found out that my CPU with package ID: SL6Z5 is in fact a down-graded Extreme Edition CPU, and should have been sold as a tray-CPU, and not as a boxed CPU... DAMN INTEL!... But anyway, they gave me a headache and some nights of incredible sleeplessness...
Just for your information... This is how I found out that it was my CPU causing all this problem:
- Assemble the system with only mainboard and PSU (no memory, no vga, no keyboard)
- Connect the CPU fan to see if the system will start running
- Turn-on the system and see if the CPU fan will keep running
- Shut down the system
- Insert the CPU
- Turn-on the system again... If it fails on your CPU, it should shutdown after 5 seconds...
> To find out if it's related to any of your other peripherals, insert all the things step by step (first memory, then vga, etc...) and see if your system will fail on any of these peripherals.
It just might turn out to be a harddisk that's drawing too much current from your power-supply....
ANyway, just to share some thoughts! Good luck!

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