New Install Issues with Asus P5B motherboarrd

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Dan

P5B BIOS rev ##Updated to 1803## (also tested on 1604 w/o success)
4GB Kingston VR (Have dropped it to 1GB while t/s no change)
2 SATA in AHCI (have tried IDE and disabling the Jmicron controller while
t/s no change)
GeForce 8600 PCIE x16
E6550 Core Duo

Everything in the bios displays properly, no major changes made (just RAM
changes so it could recognize 4GB.)

Tried 2 x Windows XP SP2 cd's.

When booting from an XP cd, The typical line "searching for components..."
(not ver batim) displays and then just a blank screen (not the usual blue
screen that asks for driver updates etc.)

Windows Server 2k3 from the CD boots as intended. - def an XP problem

I've searched high and low for an answer. Any help is appreciated.


---Dan
 
You've tried clearing the cmos, setting bios to defaults, deleting
partitions, removed all 'extra' hw leaving a single stick, 1x hd, 1x cd?
 
Thanks for the response DL:

Yes, I tore it down the the absolute basics. The only thing I haven't done
is clear the CMOS.

Both HDD were used before, however, and do have data on them. Do you think
this would somehow cause an affect as described? I can try loading Knoppix
to reformat a drive to see what happens I guess.
 
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