Raa,

OK. On to the next steps. As was mentioned in a previous post, people are having trouble booting the 1.3Beta bios. You need to go back to the production 1.1 bios or the beta 1.23 bios. To do this you need to get your hands on another CPU, something cheap but compatible with the 1.1 bios - Q6600 or E8400 should do. Borrow one from a buddy if possible. If you can't do that, pick one up at the nearest chip dealer. You only need to use it boot and flash your bios then you can return it. Even if you have to pay a restocking fee its generally less than shipping the board back. So get the chip and install it. Keep the minimum hardware configuration from the previous post. Verify that your board will now post.

Install new bios as follows:
Locate another computer and a USB drive. Go to the MSI forum and get the 1.1 or 1.23Beta bios. Use the USB bios installer software (also available in the MSI forum) to configure the flash drive to auto install the bios. Set the current bios to boot the USB drive first. Plug the drive in and reboot. Bios will automatically upgrade then install your E8500 and test.

Let us know if that is helpful.