ABIT IC7-MAX3 and VS512MB400 512MB DDR400 PC3200 CAS2.5 Value Select Memory

[BioTech]

Good evening, everybody! I am a newcomer to this forum and I am looking to buy my first ever Corsair memory module. I am looking to buy this replacement motherboard ABIT IC7-MAX3, a Corsair VS512MB400 512MB DDR400 PC3200 CAS2.5 Value Select Memory memory module, and an Intel P4 2.6GHz w/ FSB800. Will this combo work okay? BTW, the MOBO that failed was a 3-yr. old ABIT VT6X4 with a fully functional 866MHz Slot1 Processor (1 yr. old and never been overclocked :~~~~~~~~~~((((((((((((((( ...) and 3 sticks of 512 MB PC133 SDRAM (2 yrs. old and they passed memtest86's 11 tests 11 times each with no errors :((( ...). The MOBO has no problem detecting the HDDs, video card, Zip drive, and CD-ROM drive. However, I keep getting the error message "Error loading operating system" everytime the computer searches all the drives for boot instructions. I have assumed that it was the MOBO because the memory has passed memtest86 many consecutive times, the computer remembers the BIOS, but when I remove all existing hard drives, attach a brand new IDE HDD, then try to install Win2K on it, I still get the message "Error loading operating system" when the installation tries to get into Win2k for the first time, and I don't ever get to enter a Product Key! I have even tried to switch the new HDD from IDE-1 to IDE-2 but to no avail. If I could somehow fix this error, then I would be ever so grateful. If not, then, well, tripling my CPU speed and upgrading to USB 2.0 and AGP 8x can't be all bad... BT PS, I really don't need my new machine to do any high-intensity, or even low-intensity, graphics development or to play even some of the latest greatest PC games with awesome graphics. I just need a PC that will allow me to use Microsoft Office and print occasional documents. Current machine: ---------------------- ABIT VP6 Dual P3 1000MHz FCPGA 2048MB SDRAM PC133 Radeon AIW 8500 128MB External Dial-up modem Audigy Sound Card R.I.P.? -------- ABIT VT6X4 P3 866MHz Slot1 1536MB SDRAM PC133 ELSA Gladiac-64 video card Internal PCI dial-up modem (also bad) Audigy Sound Card

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[RAM GUY]

Can you tell me the O.S. you have installed? And have you tried a fresh install on another HDD? Here are some links for common memory related problems Err Msg: While Initializing Device NTKERN: Windows Protection... [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q192397[/url] Err Msg: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q184447[/url] Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q304943[/url] Computer Speed and Performance May Decrease [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q259161[/url] Err Msg: Not Enough Extended Memory Available to Run Windows [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q311367[/url] Troubleshooting Stop 0x24 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM Error Messages [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q228888[/url]

[BioTech]

I have Windows 2000 installed. The computer had been working just fine until last Tuesday. And yes, I still got the "error loading operating system" message even after trying to install Windows 2000 on a brand new, never-been-opened, 120GB HDD. In fact, even using a fresh drive, the computer never made it into the GUI portion of the installation! BT Current machine: ---------------------- ABIT VP6 Dual P3 1000MHz FCPGA 2048MB SDRAM PC133 Radeon AIW 8500 128MB External Dial-up modem Audigy Sound Card R.I.P.? -------- ABIT VT6X4 P3 866MHz Slot1 1536MB SDRAM PC133 ELSA Gladiac-64 video card Internal PCI dial-up modem (also bad) Audigy Sound Card

[RAM GUY]

If you installed Win2k or WinXP on a partition bigger than 64 Gig that might cause this type of error. Have you ran [url]www.memtest86.com[/url] on the memory to see if the memory will pass a test?