Dad needs Help, 180 New Install- Hang on Verify Pool DMI

Trying to build a new system with my son, he has put it together (with supervision) and I can't get the SW to load....  So not looking too good right now...
Bought a Mega 180
Amd Sempron 2400 proc
Segat 120G Drive
Sony DRU-540 DCD+-RW/+-RCD Drive
Corsair 512Mb (2 DDR-Dims)
Assembled the machine.  Went smoothly, needed to reseat ram simms once.  Got the system to boot to bios.  Windows xp pro failed to install.  Friend had a set of dev discs and had a made me a copy and given me one of his licenses.  Install had started and hung on loading before being asked for serial number.
On reboot system hangs in bios screen with
Verify DMI Pool ....
What to i do next?  thx in advance

I would suspect you have another computer. If so download the lastest BIOS for it from the Msi web site. Then useing a USB key or connecting a floppy drive then flash it in DOS.
The floppy connecter is on the mother board just no cable, also by default the floppy drive is turned off in BIOS so you will need to enable it.
If you are going to use a floppy disc to reprogram then do a full disc scan on the disc with the drive you will be using, the last thing you want is to have a bad disc. If you do have a bad disc and you only find out during flashing then keep that machine turn on and with you other PC load the BIOS on another disc and try again (don't turn it off).
Links that could help
BIOS
USB FLASH

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