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Originally Posted by Scott R View Post
Sounds like bad memory in the system. As soon as you execute a program and it hits that bad area it locks up.

You can get a bootable test here:

Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
You should be able to do an extended memory test from the BIOS
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