GA-7N400-L

Hi All,

I recently purchased (new) a GA-7N400-L mainboard, and pupulated with an
Athalon 3200+ and 512MB PC3200 DIMM.

This is replacing my GA-71XE.

Or is trying to...

Here's the problem:

After installing the new MB/CPU/RAM into my case according to specs,
attaching the HD's with the IDE cable provided w/ the MB, my system
refuses to boot if set the FSB to anything above 100MHz (only 1.1GHz!).
The system tries running for a few moments, I hear an alarm, and
everything powers down. All alarms are disabled in the BOIS however.

I even went so far as to clear the CMOS and reflash the factory defaults.

Setting the FSB to 100MHz, I am able to play in the BIOS, and even begin
to boot, however I get STOP screen after STOP screen, and Windows (2003
and ME on seperate partitions) refuses to boot. I once had the same
problem when using a UDMA IDE cable for my HD's.

I replaced the IDE cable with the cable from my old MB, and had the same
problem. I then suspected the power supply... but after reinstalling
my old MB, my system works flawlessly.

SOOOO... I'm perplexed. Could my PS just be getting weak, and what is
suficient to power my GA71XE with a 900MHz Athalon is just not powerful
enough to power the Athalon 3200+?

Any help or tips are greatly appreciated!

Ryan