Boot poblems with Asus M2A-VM mother board

I have been trying a couple of motherboards with AMD athlon 64 chips, including the Asus M2A-VM motherbaord.
I can't seem to get the kernel on either the Voodo or Duke install disks to go past the "Freeing unused kernel memory " stage.
I have tried all the options but as yet have had no joy.
Any suggestions?
(The non 64 bit version runs like a dog on the same motherboard, I mean slower than I would find acceptable on a 486!)

Update, The M2A-VM is the one with the AMD 690G northbridge and ATI SB600 south, and has more problems.
The one I am currently actually using is the Asus M2V-MX with a VIA K8M890 north, and VIA VT 8237A south.

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jspoelst
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jspoelst
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