I have an HP a1020n P4 3Ghz with 2 256Mb of DDR2/3200 PC2-333 sticks in it.
I replaced those with 2 1Gb DDR2/3200 PC2-533/400 sticks.  The BIOS sees the
2Gb.  However, WinXP Home hangs during bootup, always at the point when the
blue bars are moving across mid-screen.  WinXP will bootup in safe mode and
it does see the 2Gb of RAM.
I have made sure the BIOS is the latest version.  I have installed only one
stick at a time.  I have put the sticks in the other pair of slots on the
MB.  WinXp always hangs during the same time at bootup!
Hope someone has some ideas.  Thanks in advance.
Mark

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