HELP!! NEW MSI KT266a and Athlon XP 1600 Woes!!

[FnG41]

I just purchased a MSI KT266a, non-raid, non USB 2.0 and a Athlon 1600 XP with a Thermalright SK6 HSF.

The problems that i'm having are:

1. When all settings are set to auto, only 100MHz FSB is showing in the BIOS and it will run at 1050, 10.5 Multiplier. When I up the FSB to 133, the POST shows Athlon 1600 XP and after POST and initial Windows XP load, it hardlocks or restarts. The cooling is extreme so I know it's not a Heat Issue. Here is my setup:

Antec 1040b w/Enermax 330 Watt PS(5 Case Fans)
MSI KT266a Mainboard
Athlon 1600 XP w/SK6 and Thermal Paste
512MB Crucial PC2100
Visiontek Geforce 3
2 30gig IBM 75GXP Deskstars
Liteon 24X CDRW
Toshiba 16X DVD
Philips Rythmic Edge Soundcard
Kingston 10/100 NIC

I know that I put thermal paste on the CPU and some on the actual wafer itself. Would thermal paste in the Bridge Burn holes from AMD cause problems like this?

Please Help!!

 

[MWillis]

YGPM

 

[TssTech2]

Friend of mine had almost the same problem with his board. His just would not post at 133 at all. He returned the board after explaining what the problem was and the company (NewEgg.com) replaced it. He just had to pay for the shipping back to NewEgg.