Dude drop the crucial ram, get some Geil or other PC3200 ram and drop the multiplier to 10 and raise the FSB to 200Mhz.
I have a Athlon 1700+ A chip, not even a B, which is Prob. what you have, and I have mine at 9 X 200Mhz on my Abit NF7-S.
Rock the 200Mhz FSB!!! 🙂