Xp won't boot K9MM-v problem

:wall:Hi, I just installed a K9MM-v motherboard and it posts ok but XP won't boot. I'm using amd 4200+ cpu, 500w power supply, usb keyboard a, ps2 mouse, agp 6800xt video card and gskill 1 gig ddr2 800 pc2 6400 memory. It posts ok and bios setting are good I think but it hangs trying to boot xp. I noticed that on the opening screen it detects the memory as ddr2 800 64 bit. any ideas would be appreciated. thanks

thanks for the reply. This is not a brand new build. The only new components are the msi mb, amd 4200+ cpu and the gskill ram and a sata dvd drive. all the drives are identified in the bios and 1st boot disk is set to primary master hard drive with the xp os on it. The system works good with the old motherboard running an amd 2800+ cpu and 1 gig pc3200 ram and xp home on a 200 gig ide hard disk. I just got done installing a new msi motherboard with a amd 4000+ cpu in another computer for a friend with xp already installed on the hdd that had a amd 1600+ cpu and all I had to do was reregister xp.It booted right up. I get the post screen identifying the cpu and counting the ram ok but I get the windows screen saying windows failed to start list. tried safe mode but it just reverts back to the POST screen. Psu is a Rosewill 500 watt power supply. the memory is brand new out of the box but I don't have another system to run memtest86 on this memory. am I possibly overlooking a BIOS setting? If the memory was bad wouldn't it fail the POST? This is the third motherboard upgrade I've done to this system and never had to do a fresh install just re register xp. One other thing is there is no beep sound from the speaker connected to the header pins. Reversed the polarity and still no beeps. Speaker works good on other motherboard. Maybe ram compatiblity issue?

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