845GE Max L and Kingston RAM problems

I'm building a system using an MSI 845GE Max L mobo, P4 2.4 and a 512MB stick of Kingston PC2700 DDR ValueRAM. When I turned the computer on the first time, it started, then immediately turned off, and then came on again. When I tried to install WinXP, it always stopped at some point with a BSOD complaining about problems with the NTFS Master File Table. Yet the hard drive and NTFS setup checked out OK and did all hardware, connections, etc. I switched to another power supply and removed/disconnected everything except the bare essentials. Still the same problems. Finally, the system started freezing after turning off and then back on. I couldn't even get into the CMOS.
When I pulled out the RAM stick and substituted a 512MB stick of Kingston PC2100, everything proceeded perfectly. Does anybody know of any problems the 845GE Max has had with Kingston PC2700 ValueRAM? I guess it could be sick RAM, but I somehow recall hearing past complaints about Kingston ValueRAM and some MSI boards.
Thanks for any help!
Larc

Thanks for the suggestion, but that unfortunately doesn't work. When I put the culprit RAM module in and upped DDR voltage to 2.6, boot failed. MemTest wouldn't start and I had no video.
When I ran MemTest with the bad RAM in place last night, I stupidly allowed the system to boot into XP after the test finished. WinXP was trashed! The system wouldn't boot into Win even after I put in good RAM. Thank goodness it was a new installation and nothing had been installed except XP.
It looks as if I not only got a bad stick of RAM, but a vicious one at that!
Thanks again for your help.
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