Another P7N Diamond that cannot install XP

Current setup:
- MSI P7N Diamond motherboard
- OCZ P6400 2 X 2gb Dimms (4gb total)
- PNY nVidia GeForce 9600 GT Verto (512mb) video card
- brand new "green" 650 watt power supply
- 2 X 750gb SATA IDE Seagate drives
- Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66 processor
XP installation starts off normally by creating partition and copying files to it. Then comes the first reboot and the XP screen with the floating line appears. As soon as it hits the first graphical screen, the mouse cursor appears and functions (moving the mouse moves the cursor), about 2 seconds into that, system reboots. After the reboot, it comes back to the first graphical screen after the windows floating line and says "Setup is being restarted......" and the reboot is continual.
- I've tried testing the RAM without issues.
- I've tried using both 1 stick of RAM and both sticks of RAM
- I tried using another known good 1gb stick of RAM
- I have tried with and without the RAID configuration
- I've tried using standard IDE as well as SATA IDE drives
- I've tried installing XP Home and XP Pro (both legit versions)
- I've tried using V.1.0, V1.1 and V.1.2.1 BETA bios
I've currently got a trouble ticket open with MSI tech support, but they tell me to swap RAM and do memory tests (both previously done!).
Nothing that I have done can get XP installed on this seutp and I am just plain frustrated. I'd *REALLY* appreciate any help or suggestions to get this running.
Thanks.
Jerry

Slipstream CD created... trying install now. Nope. Still does the same thing. >:(
Alrighty, let's see if I can do this right:
# CPU brand, model and speed
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66
# Motherboard model
MSI P7N Diamond, LGA 775, 780LSI, DDR2, M-7510,
# Memory brand, type/speed, size, number of sticks (eg 2x Crucial 512mb DDR400)
2 X OCZ Vista Upgrade Edition Dual Channel (2048mb ea... 4096mb total)
Memory Speed:    800MHz PC6400
Memory CAS Latency:    5-6-6-15
Memory Type:    Dual Channel DDR2
# Video card brand, chipset type, memory size (eg Gainward Geforce 6800GS 512mb AGP)
PNY GeForce nVidia 9600GT
Core speed 650MHz
Memory clock of 1800MHz.
Shader clock is 1625MHz
57.5GB/s of memory bandwidth along with 64 stream processors.
PCI Express 2.0 compliant and backwards compatible with current PCI Express slots as well.
# Hard drive(s) brand, size, type, speed (eg 2x Seagate 200gb SATA150)
2 X Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 750GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300
Spindle Speed (RPM):    7200
Average Seek (msec):    <9.3
Average Latency (msec):    4.16
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA:    Up to 3000 Mb/sec
Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read:    1 in 10E14
Temperature, Operating (°C):    5 to 60
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C):    -40 to 70
Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs):    63
Shock, Nonoperating: 2 msec (Gs):    300
# Any other peripheral cards and devices
The MSI X-Fi audio card
# Operating system and version (eg Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2)
Windows XP with SP3 slipstreamed onto the CD
# Power Supply Unit brand and output in watts and DC output (amps)
Antec model EA-650
650 W max
The symptom:
Windows XP install CD, boots properly, installs files properly... on first reboot to graphical screen it reboots after saying "Setup is restarting......" It will do this continually.
What have I done to date:
- Reduced setup to 1 2GB memory stick... no change
- Done extensive memory checks with 1 and 2 sticks of OCZ RAM and Platinum 1GB RAM all without errors... no change
- Changed to known good RAM (1 GB of Platinum DDR2 @ 533mhz)... no change
- Tried installs with and without the RAID configuration (RAID 1)... no change
- Tried using 250gb standard IDE as well as 750gb SATA IDE drives (all known good or 100% new drives)... no change
- Tried installing XP Home and XP Pro (both legit versions)... no change
- Tried using V.1.0, V1.1 and V.1.2.1 BETA bios... no change
- Tried install using Windows XP Pro with SP3 slipstreamed into the disk image... no change
- Tried using both the Bios Failsafe settings and Optimized Default settings... no change
- Tried the SPREAD SPECTRUM settings both enabled and disabled... no change
Question, could it be a bios setting that could unlock this mystery from hell for me somehow?
Thanks for the help so far Aaron.

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