did you use 1008 or 1008_D as your bios
According to the asus page 1008 is for the 1.xx revision boards and if yours
is a new board then It should def be version 2.xx.

To me It sounds like you could have a corrupt bios but if you used 1008
instead of 1008_D then that could be your problem too..

I used 1008, my board is revision 1.04.
With a pci video card, it boots just fine every time.
So I'm thinking that either the cards are not seating right,
or something is wrong with the AGP slot. I was just wondering if
anyone had ever heard of a faulty AGP slot burning up a video
card.
Thanks.