K7D Master wont install XP or Boot XP

Hi,
Im having a right nightmare this week with this K7D Master (red) motherboard running a single AMD 2000 MP CPU, 120GB Seagate IDE HDD,MSI FX5600 VGA Card and 2 x 512mb Branded memory chips.
I have tried installing XP onto a brandnew HDD, the setup runs through all the drivers etc, then the blue screen of death appears with all of its very usefull unkown jargin!! This happens everytime! ive also tried another XP Pro CD too.
So I took a HDD with a working version of XP and tried that, but with no suprise it never worked either. This time it reports that the OS was not shutdown properly (which it was) and lists all the option including Safemode. So first point of call I tried safe mode, it loads all the drivers in DOS then the blue screen flashes up for a split second then the computer restarts, trying to boot up in normal mode just doesnt happen.
Ive flashed the Bios with the latest version, but I have noticed an Intel Boot Agent 4.0.19 appearing after the BIOS IDE detection. Is this normal as im running AMD? or have just not noticed this before?  
Has anyone got any ideas on this problem before I phone the supplier and sit listening to cheesy music for 2 hours in a long non existent Q?  

it has an intel intergrated lan controller may be its that you see
whilst the say regular ram works with that board it seems to me most have best luck running it with the registered stuff
try this on what you have now
 memtest86
a drive loaded on a different chipset with different ide drivers is not likley to boot
and having 2x cpu means you need a much bigger and better psu
most users of them view the likes of an antec 430 watt true power as the bare minimum to use

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