M7NCD PRO giving me probs

My firend bought a M7NCD PRO, Barton 2500+, some kind of 256MB PC2700 ram, a GF4MX 440 128Mb card, and WinXP on a new 80GB WD 8MB hd. We stuck every thing in the right place, but it won't boot up. It always freezes towards the beginning area where it say the v-card, temps, or a little farther down the line. He said the farthest he got was into Windows, then it froze. He can't get any farther now. What should I do to help him fix it?
He bought them all at newegg. The cpu, using the retail hsf, is normally at 55*C.

Dude...some kind of memory ?? hehe might wanna check that out in another machine ....also if you are not getting windows loaded even then its possible that yours is corrupt

the memory is All Componits brand. has anyone been having probs with this memory?