Sorry I'm late........ Building an ATLON can be a pain. Some things I have learned from Atlon support and other techs. Bad memory will cause the problems you are describing. PC100 works fine. The most important thing I learned was that the BIOS option for "optimal performance" must be selected prior to installing anything. As well, using the K7V I had to install the AGP mini ports drivers prior to the remaining options. Following this order got it running like a speed demon without errors.

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