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!!!URGENT: Been pulling my hair out on this!!! New Linux Box Freezing/Kernel Panic

Asked by MythosBSW in New Computer Users

Tags: box, freezing, linux

I don't really know if this is the right area to ask this question, but it was either this, or the Linux area, and that didn't have anything that matched all that well. So here's the problem. I just made a brand new computer from new parts on the internet. Got everything plugged in and set up. Install Mandrake 9.0 on the machine and am having problem. Mandrake will either freeze in places (unconsistently), or it's kernel will panic. And for the life of me I can't figure out where the hell I'm going wrong. Here's my hardware.

Seagate ST320011A / Barracudea ATA IV Series 20.4GB EIDE HD
2X 256MB DDR266 PC2100 266MHz RAM
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM Drive (Product # DVD-117MG-BLK, Manufacturer Part # DVD-117MG
ABIT KD7-S (VIA KT400/VT8235 Chipset) Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP2400+ Thoroughbread Core Processor
Thermaltake Volcanoe 7 CPU Heatsink and Fan
PNY Verto GeForce4 MX 440-SE AGP Vid-Card
Dell Monitor, Microsoft Natural Elite Keyboard, Logitech Optical USB moust w/PS2 adaptor, all connected through a KVM switch

So I dunno wether to ask of this setup is compatible with Linux, or if it's compatible with itself (hardware wise) or what? Basically is there any reason whatsoever that this setup would freeze Linux the way it does? Or must there be a piece of faulty hardware? Thank you for your time. I've pulled my hair out for almost two weeks on this.
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