New Install Issues with Asus P5B motherboarrd

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?

"Dan" <Dan RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F27B8B1E-7BC1-4060-97A9-C77E8608B953@microsoft.com...
> 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