New mobo shuts down my system when trying to install XP

[Gruip]

AMD XP 2200+
Volcano 7
MSI KT333 Ultra2
Aopen geforce 4 ti4200
512 pc 2700 drr (1 crucial, 1 samsung)
lite on dvd/cdrom
7200rpm hdd
430 works PSU

Ok, I had some problems with my last mobo, so I decided to get a new one. Booting up into windows I have no problem, but when I try to boot from CD ROM to reformat and install XP, it will load all the hardware, but once it gets to the first menu, the system shuts down. Now I swapped out the CD ROM, not that. the XP cd looks pretty clean, dont think it is that.

Also, when I set the FSB to 133, I reboot and then my mobo wont even boot. So, I clear the cmos and start over. One thing I noticed is that my CPU may be a little hot, its only running at 1350ish Mhz, and shows in bios its at 42C/105F, is that too hot?

Thanks for any input.

 

[RemyCanad]

Thats looks like an ok temp but I don't know how much its going to go up under load.

What IDE channels do you have everything on?

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Gruip
AMD XP 2200+ Volcano 7 MSI KT333 Ultra2 Aopen geforce 4 ti4200 512 pc 2700 drr (1 crucial, 1 samsung) lite on dvd/cdrom 7200rpm hdd 430 works PSU Ok, I had some problems with my last mobo, so I decided to get a new one. Booting up into windows I have no problem, but when I try to boot from CD ROM to reformat and install XP, it will load all the hardware, but once it gets to the first menu, the system shuts down. Now I swapped out the CD ROM, not that. the XP cd looks pretty clean, dont think it is that. Also, when I set the FSB to 133, I reboot and then my mobo wont even boot. So, I clear the cmos and start over. One thing I noticed is that my CPU may be a little hot, its only running at 1350ish Mhz, and shows in bios its at 42C/105F, is that too hot? Thanks for any input.

My sister had this same problem on her system, and it was a problem with the RAM. She had 512MB Crucial. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the exact scenario was other than it wouldn't install with 512MB. Let me expound further: her situations was she either had 1 stick of 512Mb and she had to exchange it for (2) 256MB sticks, >>OR<< she had (two) 256MB sticks and she had to buy (1) 512MB stick. If I had to guess, she exchanged the (1) 512MB DDR to (2) 256MB DDR. I'm pretty sure she went from 1 chip to 2, but I can't say that with certainty.

I'm pretty sure that was it, and MS Tech support advised swapping the ram out to a 256MB stick, load XP, then replace with the 512Mb stick. Since the only DDR ram my sister had was the one 512MB, her option was to either buy another stick or exchange for (2) 256MB sticks. That's what she did. If you have access to another stick of DDR less than 512MB, I would temporarily install that, load XP, then swap back to the 512MB stick. That should fix your problem.

 

[Gruip]

IDE master = HDD
Secondary IDE slay = DVD ROM

 

[microAmp]

Been lately seeing bad RAM causing problems with installs.

 

[Amber]

I have that MOB
and I have 512 sticks in 2 slots and it load XP Pro

But I have had Bad RAM act like that,were windows runs ok but it won't reload