Fatal Exception on boot with K7N2 Delta-ILSR

Ok, my roommate just got a new K7N2 Delta-ILSR.  We got it hooked up and as soon as it got to the windows boot screen, a fatal exception error popped up.  We reinstalled the OS (Windows XP Pro), and it goes through the drive format and copies the files just fine.  But when it reboots it pops up the fatal exception error again.  We've tried restarting it, and it will go through the rest of the installation, then give the error on the next boot.  After this it won't go past the OS boot.  I've checked all the cables and jumpers, everything looks good there.  We've checked the powersupply, and it is a little lower than what I've seen people suggest here, however it's higher than mine, and I'm running a K7N2 Delta-L.
As for memory, he is using Corsair Dual Channel PC 2700.  We're going to swap the power supply and the RAM to see if that makes a difference, but I wanted to know if there was anything else that might cause this problem.

Ok, we've found a temporary solution to the problem, but it's not one that sits well with my roommate.  We've underclocked the ram down to 266mhz instead of 333mhz and we have it running in single channel mode instead of dual channel.  The system runs ok, and it's only locked once while playing Planetside, but that was about 5 hours into the game and I think it was because of a bug in the game.  If that's the permanent solution, then he'll probably be returning either the ram or the motherboard, depending on which one is having the problem.
And as much as I love MSI products, I do have to say that I am very disapointed with their technical support.  I mean, honestly, it's pretty lame when you can't call on a friday to get support.  I can understand not being open on saturday and sunday, but to have nobody in the office on a friday is just insulting.
Anyways, still looking for a solution to get the ram and the motherboard to work together at the normal clock speeds.

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