Actually, I wasn't being dishonest. I had two PCs to upgrade. One with this CPU was kind of flaky at first, so I just assumed it was a crappy mobo with the ULI chipset. Once I got the Abit AV8, things only got worse. I tested with another memory (Kingston PC3200 Valueram), but it was still crashing. So I took the memory out to test it with memtest on some spare machines at work. It was totally fine. After replacing the CPU with one destined for another machine, everything was good so I simplyassumed that the original CPU was bad and sent it in for replacement. The day after sending it, things started crashing again. So, fed up, I bought some Kingston HyperX memory and since then everything has been perfect. The other memory works beautifully in an Asus A8V motherboard with an extra fan to cool it.
To make long story short, the OCZ Premier memory was overheating and causing crashes. The ULI and Abit place dual channels right next to each other. This causes little air circulation and the memory is prone to overheating. The Asus A8V on the other hand (and NForce2 mobos at work) have dual channels with one empty slot in between. This is enough space to let this memory work quite well. Due to A64's speed however, it still requires an extra fan in the case to blow out the hot air (I usually left this job to the power supply fan in order to minimize the fan noise).
Kingston HyperX is running at slower timings than that Premier memory and it barely gets warm to the touch, so being next to each other on the Abit doesn't do any harm, even without another fan to ventilate the case.
So yeah, it was probably my fault and the CPU was most likely fine, but at the time, it was an honest mistake.
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