Bluescreen when trying a clean install from CD - X61

Hey,
I got a question from a neighbour if I could help him reinstall his laptop. It's a X61.
He got it from his employer when they decided to buy a bunch of new laptops for the company. Therefore he has no backup discs, no system reset software or anything. It's just the laptop and the power supply. He used the laptop 'as is' for a while but now it needs cleaning. He asked the IT department on his job but they didnt save any discs or software for the laptops. There is a Restore and Resque partition on the HDD which is accessible via the Thinkvantage button at boot, but no software in that console is working.
So he went out and bought a Windows XP license to make a clean install on the PC but we are having difficulties to make it run...
I tried to format an USB stick to install Windows XP from. After boot I only get a blank screen with a flashing marker...
I tried an external DVD-drive since the PC doesnt have any and I get the installations program to run. It starts to load the files but after a short while I get a bluescreen...
I'm running out of options here, any suggestions?

echX, welcome to the forum,
a solution that works for a lot of people is to set the SATA to compatability mode in BIOS; press F1 at boot > Config > SATA.  After XP has been installed you can install the necessary driver and switch it back to AHCI.
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