New build unstable

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just got my new hardware and have done a fresh install but the system is very unstable locking up on windows when i am instlling windows updates ect
tryed to install WoW and cod4 but same happens
i have everything at default inc bios ect

event viewer is not giving me any errors

any ideas ?



system specs are

MSI K9A Platinum
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon
Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme
160gig sata h/d
psu is a 500w jeantech

above is all new

running windows xp pro
 
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all power plugs in secure, to mobo, gfx card etc ?


yea double checked all fine

i have tryed both sticks of ram separately running 3dmark06 for up to 10 times in a row both sticks works fine

just tryed upping voltage to 2.0v and trying with 2 sticks of ram the system run 3dmark badly and locked up just before end



one thing i did see in the bios was ddr mem freq is set to 400 should that be 800 ?
 
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how do these look ?


Temperatures
Motherboard 31 °C (88 °F)
CPU 31 °C (88 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #1 6 °C (43 °F)
CPU #1 / Core #2 9 °C (48 °F)
Aux 36 °C (97 °F)
Seagate ST3160815AS [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Seagate ST3160815AS [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Cooling Fans
CPU 2961 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.34 V
+3.3 V 3.34 V
+5 V 5.17 V
+12 V [ TRIAL VERSION ]
+5 V Standby 5.07 V
VBAT Battery 3.33 V
 
what shows seems ok, try looking for everest free edition 2.20, think it will give the 12v as well.

have you tried installing anything with just 1 stick of memory in ?


system works fine with one stick in, i am able to run 3dmark ect with either one of the sticks
but crashes with 2 sticks installed
 
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