K8N Neo (MS-7030) problem with Gigabyte 6600

Hi,
I got a problem with my K8N Neo (MS-7030) and Gigabyte 6600 together.
I just tried to upgrade my system with the following components:
PNY 5700LE 128M -> Gigabyte 6600 256M (GV-N66256DP)
Onboard sound -> CreativeLab SB Audigy 2 ZS Gamer
Here is my order of installation:
1. Win XP with SP2
2. Chipset driver 5.10 (5.11 crashed during installation)
3. ForceWare 81.98 (I tried 77.72 from Gigabyte as well)
The system went blank during (3) and never comes back. In the last 3 days, I must repeated the above procedures over 20 times. I tried combinations of diffierent version chipset driver with forceware, but still no luck.
Audigy2 was sitting in the middle PCI before. However, I encounter a few system lockup during the first 10 trials, then I found a post say Audigy 2 should reside in the orange, or the one far away from AGP, PCI slot. Things seems better after this change.
More detail about my system:
MB: K8N Neo (MS-7030) BIOS is the latest version, 1.9.
RAM: Corsair Value 2 x 512MB PC3200
PS: Antec 380W
Video: Gigabyte 6600 256M (GV-N66256DP)
Sound: CreativeLab SB Audigy 2 ZS Gamer
Thanks
Alex

Hi,
My PSU is Antec True3808 (5V/35A 12V/18A 3.3V/28A)
I forgot to mention before. The CPU is AMD Athlon 64 2800+.
Also, I had enough of installation for now. I pulled the new 6600 and put the old 5700LE back in. Now, I installed everything without a problem.
Could it be not compatible? PSU issue? Or something else?
Any suggestion?
I appreciate any help.
Alex

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