X58 pro won't boot sometimes

I've got the X58 Pro Motherboard- the original one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130221
Rest of the system specs are as follows:
Core I7 CPU
ATI 5770 video card
Antect 750 watt power supply
6 GB ram (I forget the brand)
2 WD hard drives
From time to time it will not boot. The On/off button on the motherboard is lit, so I know it's getting power. But there's another light on the motherboard that is off when it won't boot- an orange light- presumably the network connection? If I jiggle the power connection to the motherboard, eventually it lights up and the computer will boot. I know the issue isn't the power supply because I've used two, with the same issues.
I thought it might be a short circuit from the case. But a friend more knowledgeable than I suggested that it might be the motherboard power save feature putting it into sleep mode or something. He said a BIOS update would fix it.
I have the 7.3 BIOS version, which I understand is the latest one for this mobo. I hear that people have used the 8.0 and later for other MSI X58 boards with this board with success.
So I have two questions for the gurus here
1) What is causing the computer to not boot?
2) Will a BIOS update fix it, and if so, should I attempt it?
Any helpful advice would be...helpful. Thanks in advance.

Quote from: Bernhard on 02-November-11, 23:59:59
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To answer that you will need to be more specific on the CPU and memory.
Gotya.
CPU is I7 920.
Memory is Kingston 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Triple Channel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134829

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