NForce 4.27 drivers + SB Audigy 2 ZS Platimun = Windows XP not booting!

Hi folks,
I know that I'm not using my MSI K7N2 Delta in my main rig anymore, but I've gotten good help here in the past (you guys rock!), and I *do* have the MSI GeForce 6800GT in my config so I was hoping that you folks might be able to give me some insights.
I have a system with the following components:
DFI Ultra Infinity nForce2 Ultra motherboard (latest BIOS)
2 x 512MB OCZ PC4200
Mobile Athlon 2500+
MSI GeForce 6800GT (Forceware 61.77)
PCI Slot 3 Intel 10/100+ PCI NIC
PCI Slot 4 (not shared) - SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - Assigned IRQ4 manually
All on-board peripherals disabled except for FDC, IDE1, USB
After much gnashing of teeth, (and several reinstalls of Windows XP) I narrowed it down to a problem between the nForce drivers and the Audigy 2 ZS drivers.
I'll tell you what happens:
When I install Windows XP, everything is great. Everything loads up just fine. I can get Windows installed without a hitch. I then upgrade to SP2. No problems. I then try installing the nForce UDP 4.27 and it works with no issues. I can even install the drivers for my GeForce card and, again, no problems at all.
However, if I then install the driver software for the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum, the system will no longer boot into Windows XP!
If I do the reverse, as in install the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum drivers FIRST, the system is fine until I try installing the nForce UDP 4.27, then the same thing happens.
There is little recourse but to reinstall Windows (I'm not doing an ASR if I can avoid it as they're messy) in either case because I can't even get into SM w/ CP.
When Safe Mode shows the drivers loading the system hangs at MUP.SYS then never continues.
I Googled the problem and I found a bunch of suggestions about how to avoid conflicts with the Audigy cards, and I assigned Slot 4 to IRQ4 and no other device is conflict/sharing with it.
On a note: I actually DID manage to get the Audigy and nForce drivers to work properly to allow me a clean reboot, but that was before I realized that I'd forgotten to power up the Live! Drive. When I shut down and powered up the Live! Drive, the system wanked on startup. Even removing the Audigy 2 card did not allow Windows XP to boot up after this happened.
I guess my questions are:
1) Has anyone ever run into this before?
2) Does this sound like a problem with SP2 acting wanky? Should I just try installing the nForce/Audigy software on the base Windows XP and see what happens?
3) Do I NEED to install the nForce 4.27 drivers, or is there another version that you can recommend that might be more friendly, or do I even need to install them at all? What parts of the nForce driver do I absolutely need to install if I must do so?
PLEASE NOTE: This setup worked fine with a SB Live! Platinum 5.1 in the same slot prior to me upgrading to the SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum (and the old sound card worked great on my old K7N2 delta). However, I was also not trying to run SP2....
Any help that any of you gurus out there can give me would really be appreciated. I'm at the end of my rope here.
Thanks

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Originally posted by Tango
APIC on or off?
When u install the nforce drivers if you havent already done so DO NOT install the ide drivers and see what happens.
I have APIC on, as well as ACPI. I have also manually assigned IRQ4 to the slot with the Audigy card and it's not shared. I disabled the onboard serial ports, parallel port, firewire, NIC and audio.
It is worthwhile to note that when I installed the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum drivers FIRST, that all devices in the system functioned properly and without problems. It wasn't until I upgraded the system drivers for the nForce components that it refused to boot. This would seem to indicate a conflict between these sets of drivers, and not an IRQ problem or hardware resource conflict.
Could it maybe be SP2 doing it? Should I try installing as Wonkanoby suggested below with no service packs or SP1a?
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Originally posted by Wonkanoby
put the drivers in a folder and unrar them
for starters you can delete the 2x audio folders if not using them
you have turned the onboard sound of in the bios
the new installer will also let you install them one at a time
so you can try and find what ones doing it
http://forums.pcper.com/forumdisplay.php?f=66
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=64
would be worth a read and an ask as wellQuote
Thanks Wonkanoby. I appreciate the links, and yes, I'll try to install the nForce drivers one by one. I'll create Restore Points for each one and figure out where it's dying. Someone else on another forum suggested disabling MUP.SYS as it seems to be hanging there, but it could just coincedentally be the last item loading BEFORE it blows up.
Thanks for everything :D

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