Quote Originally Posted by HeadShotWI View Post

I turn this baby on with the mobo power switch and everything lights up, cpu fan comes on for a few seconds then everything turns off and it restarts. no video. It just loops over and over like this. Little LCD says CPU INIT. I've tried using just 1 RAM stick in each sock and I have hit the clearn CMOS button a bunch of times.
Have you enabled the clear CMOS button with the jumper?
By factory the CMOS button is disabled and you have to enable it with a jumper.

To be absolutely sure you cleared the CMOS, remove the battery for 15 minutes, reinstall it and try again.