K8N Master2 BSOD

Hi, I have just put this system together. I started off with a fresh install of XP64 using raid 0. When windows has finished installing i get a BSOD. When rebooting the machine i get to the windows screen and yet again anothe BSOD.
I not too sure if the problem could lie with the PSU and only 28A on the 12v rail or something else.
I'm in the process of installing it again on one sata drive just to check if i have a problem with the raid software.
Any help would be appreciated.
Croni486

OK seems to be similar to something I have had when I was installing XP x64.
If you are using BIOS v1.1, which is the latest official, you have RAID BIOS 4.83, which causes big time troubles with the latest nVidia XP x64 drivers.
What you need to do, if the above is the case, is follow this guide to build an nLite Windows CD with the proper SATA drivers, so you wont need a floppy at startup.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=50659&st=0&p=352404&#entry352404
In a nutshell:
Download nLite, and copy the Windows XP x64 installation CD to a directory.
Start nLite, and load that installation folder from harddisk.
Watch the following lines in the guide!:
Users with a nVRaid BIOS version lower than 4.84 should integrate the SataRaid drivers off the 64-bit nForce package 6.56 (downloadable here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1068). Just unzip the package and integrate all files of the IDE\WinXP folder.
Select both the NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and the NVIDIA STORAGE CONTROLLER (or something similar) that appear in the list and select the option Text Mode driver.
You can integrate the Ethernet and SMBus drivers from newer nVidia x64 drivers if you like. These are not text mode drivers, but the other option in nLite.
Let nLite build an ISO file, burn it, install, and with my setup, it worked flawlessly!

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