648 Max booting problem

Hi all,
I just installed my new 648 Max / p4 / DDR PC3200 256MB hardware.
Sadly it will not work.
It hangs showing 4 Green LEDs.
According to the manual it means; System booting,
but nothing happens.  Nothing is written on the screen.
I can see the CPU/GPU fans working fins.
Any ideas ?(
Thanks,
zzzova.

what is your DDR400?
I had this problem too
My first DDR400 was samsung and never boot at 400Mhz
Now i have a 512Mo DDR400 Corsair and it work very fine

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