[SIS Series] 645 ultra reboots continually during post

Hi guys and gals,
I've got an msi 645 ultra based system that has been giving me trouble.  I have nothing plugged into it besides the cpu (1.8A pentium 4, hasn't been removed since installed 3 years prior) memory (1x256mb samsung pc2700) and power supply (antec 300w).  The system is resetting itself before it gets into the post screen.  Looking at the d-bracket, it is all red, then led one kicks on (so it is not the cpu), then it moves from led one to two (so it completes the "early chipset initialization"), but then it goes back to one, followed by two, in an endless loop.  Of course nothing is displaying on the screen at this time, and the process is not effected by removing the stick of ram.  Does this indicate a bad motherboard?
Joel

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