845PE MAX 2 and RAM

Hi
I need some help, just got a 845PE MAX2 board , while partitioning and installing my OS i noticed some unstabilitys, the PC kept turning it self off.
Now i cant even boot it up, dies 1 sec after i turn it on.
My system :
Intel p4 2.4
asus geforce 4 ti 4200
Apacer 512 pc400 ddr pc3200
win2000 sp3
IBM deskstar hdd
I was told (by a friend) that the pc400 RAM would work with this board, is that so? Or is the RAM my problem? If so , is it possible that i might have damaged the board and ram?
Any tips?
Thanks

I also have the 845PE Max2-FIR board with a 2.4 GHz P4...I'll have to check what type of RAM it is - it's PC2700 333 RAM, but I'm not sure what type.
I'm using WD 80 GB drives (the 8MB cache model).
Initially, I had XP loaded already on my hard drive and when I booted up, it started to load XP and then rebooted - it just continued to do this. I had ME dual-booting on these drives - and it worked fine! So...I figured it's a driver issue and I should reload XP.
I've been able to load Windows XP with no problems, but as soon as I install the Intel INF driver, I start having lock-ups and blue screens in XP...it might be RAM related, but it's very, very hard to tell...
I'll try some PC2100 266 MHz RAM and see if it makes any difference...anybody have any thoughts?

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