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Page Fault in Nonpaged Area. STOP: 0x00000050 (0xFFFFF88000FF8000,0x sixteen zeros, etc.)
Tried stock settings, safe settings-no O/C, etc.  This is with Win7x32 Prof., Enterprise or 64bit Prof. too. 
Boots and runs off of Ultimate Boot CD & the Ubuntu live DVD, passes Memtest...
Funny thing is I was able to load Windows XP SP3 on it and it's idling with nothing installed at the moment. 
Downloading the latest drivers for it now. Have the latest BIOS and turned most everything off except the HD and DVD drive & left everything on "AUTO."  *Using the onboard video with either vga or dvi with same results.
I had it loaded last night with xpsp3 and the drivers from the CD the board came with. (No Win Updates. Maybe I need all of them including the .NET framwork stuff, etc.)
Couple times, I got a STOP: 0x000000EA, (0x88F9E888, etc.)  ATI2DVAG  Beginning dump of physical memory.
ATI Video driver...Real late last night, I got a STOP: 0x0000007E etc. pointing to msrpc.sys   sound?
(It wants me to run XP or Ubuntu, that's kinda funny.... :azn:  This mobo has something against Windows 7)
I'm going get a PCI Express Video card tomorrow, install it and see what happens.
If you figure out a setting I'm missing, please let me know.  I'll check back later tonight and tomorrow at work.
Thanks in advance, Robert

Thanks Svet for the tip.    One stick of ram booted and one did not.  I can't believe I had not tried that yet!!!  I have read that Windows 7 is picky about ram. 
I had just purchased the mobo/chip combo, ram, hard drive & blu-ray/dvd from a Fry's B & M in town. It was raining here and the saved money was going to be spent! The price was right for the mobo combo.
I did not check the compatibility of the ram and the mobo which was a mistake.  
After purchasing, I noticed on the ram package, that it says "for i5 & i7" and have also read about timing issues with AMD boards and some certain ram sticks.
Corsair's website has this ram listed as the value select line.  Not processor specific but lifetime warranty.  Maybe just a bum stick.
I'm bringing the ram back tonight. (Fifteen day return policy sticker on package.)  Not sure if I should swap for another package or not.  I'm checking to see what they have that could work better. 
Thanks again, Robert 
you da man.... dude

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