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XP Home operating system failure, after installation of 256mb ram and new 160gb hard drive

Asked by camdencomputers in Computer Motherboards, Miscellaneous Hardware

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Hi, I am chasing an intermittent problem. Windows XP #sp2 with all patches applied, Displays a message

 Microsoft is unable to determine the exact cause of this error. However, this problem was most likely caused by an error in your computers RAM etc etc. During the crash analysis, we noticed the BIOS system version on this computer does not match the specifications for the CPU etc.

The problem started directly after two new components were installed onto this computer. The first, an additional 256mb RAM stick (corsair VS256mb400) added onto the system the original RAM was a Legend L3264D35-643MDC5X, 256mb PC2100.
The second, the addition of a prime IDE Western Digital 160 GB hard drive, with the operating system installed from scratch onto this drive.

The Motherboard is a 478 socket ASUS P4XA-AV with a VIA chipset VT8233.

We have run hardware testers on all the equipment for the last 2 days solid, with no failure on any component,

We suspect, but cannot confirm, hence your help, That either we have a RAM incompatibility OR the 160GB hard drive is too big for this chipset to address I.E 137gb addressing limit on older Mother boards.

Your help is appreciated
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