MacBook Pro Boot Camp Windows XP-SP3 Win only restarts boot to black screen

i have a new install of 10.6.1 w/boot camp running an sp3 updated xp version. I have completed the same install on a more new MacBook Pro 15" with no issue, however my mbp 2.33Ghz aluminium has restart problems but ONLY when doing a "restart" from the running xp os. again only when i am running from xp alone, and only when doing a restart (which is all the **** time for xp) does my mbp 1st do a normal apple chime and then hang to a black screen.
once i power down, hit the power button and restart, do i get a normal blue/grey screen, apple chime and the option to boot to macos or my windows partition. the same restart when running macos brings the grey/blue screen up right away.
seems to me there must be something off about doing a restart from windows.
has anyone seen this? any recommendations for diagnostics or a solution would be most appreciated!

never mind, i blitzed the xp drive and reinstalled. 3rd times a charm

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