P6N SLI with Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB won't install Windows

Hi all,
After a reply in the topic for updating your bios.
I was advised to ask the solution for my question here before flashing my Mobo.
My Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
4 GB DDR-2 (4 slots)
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB PCI-Express
Sitecom WL-171 wireless lan card.
500 GB Hitachi SATA Disk
1 DVD burn/reader
P6N SLI Mainbord with Beta Bios because it wasn't able to use 4 GB Ram at that time.
Zalman 460 Watt
Now the problem
First it was working but with a Geforce 7600 GT 256 PCI-Express.
I have upgraded it today to a 8800 GTS.
After this upgrade my Vista won't boot anymore, same for my Ubuntu.
What is causing the problem?
Is my Powersupply not strong enough or should I flash my bios?
Thanks in advance.
edit: Windows XP 32 or 64 bit. Vista 32 or 64 bit all gave the same stop error: 0x000007e
The knowledge base sais it is a driver problem?
But it isn't even installed.

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Mountain Lion incompatible with Geforce 8800?

I have an 8 core Mac Pro, everything has been working fine...until I upgraded to Mountain Lion. Doing anything video intensive causes the system to crash. Sometimes the whole system has a kernel panic and reboots on its own. Other times, the video goes nuts, and I get repeating patterns all over the screen, and am unable to get the system back to a usable state without having to hold the power button. The video card was a GeForce 8800GT, which I have been using for years with zero issues... until upgrading to Mountain Lion. I have all updates installed as well. I took the video card out and put back the ATI that came with the machine, and it seems to have resolved it. But why is it doing this? The Geforce is a far superior card, and I hate not having it. If there is no fix, I may just downgrade and start looking at switching back to a Windows machine. If anyone has any suggestions or answers, please help. I appreciate it.
Below I'm pasting a log of the kernel panic:
Wed Oct 16 20:04:40 2013
panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff7f82436281): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00070000: CFG 0x061110de 0x00100406 0x92000000, BAR0 0x92000000 0xffffff812c9e8000 0x092880a2, D0, P1/2
Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812b023580 : 0xffffff800181d636
0xffffff812b0235f0 : 0xffffff7f82436281
0xffffff812b0236b0 : 0xffffff7f8285c849
0xffffff812b0236f0 : 0xffffff7f8277011e
0xffffff812b023730 : 0xffffff7f8283dbfa
0xffffff812b023860 : 0xffffff7f8283d626
0xffffff812b023950 : 0xffffff7f82584d26
0xffffff812b023aa0 : 0xffffff7f82583ffb
0xffffff812b023bb0 : 0xffffff7f82866573
0xffffff812b023d10 : 0xffffff7f82885598
0xffffff812b023e20 : 0xffffff7f82531ad1
0xffffff812b023e40 : 0xffffff7f8243d03f
0xffffff812b023ef0 : 0xffffff8001c50e58
0xffffff812b023f30 : 0xffffff8001c4f95a
0xffffff812b023f80 : 0xffffff8001c4fa89
0xffffff812b023fb0 : 0xffffff80018b3257
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f823 d5000->0xffffff7f82676fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[6C1D646D-7E5E-3D7F-A557-2CBA398FF878]@0xffffff 7f81d8a000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f82319000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f822e2000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1.6)[3455BCFE-565A-3FE5-9F0B-855BCB6CC9B3]@0xffffff7 f82745000->0xffffff7f82a18fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f823 d5000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[6C1D646D-7E5E-3D7F-A557-2CBA398FF878]@0xffffff 7f81d8a000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: arch=i386
Mac OS version:
12F45
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Sun Sep 29 13:33:47 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.12~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: EA38B02E-2B88-309F-BA68-1DE29F605DD8
Kernel slide:     0x0000000001600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001800000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 17703153617510
last loaded kext at 17311154886777: com.motu.driver.FireWireAudio    1.6 57985 (addr 0xffffff7f82d88000, size 892928)
last unloaded kext at 12293333421178: com.motu.driver.FireWireAudio    1.6 57985 (addr 0xffffff7f82257000, size 569344)
loaded kexts:
com.motu.driver.FireWireAudio    1.6 57985
com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.1.24    10.1.24
com.vmware.kext.vmx86    0104.03.86
com.vmware.kext.vmnet    0104.03.86
com.vmware.kext.vsockets    90.4.23
com.vmware.kext.vmci    90.4.18
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver    1.0.2
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver    3.1.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.8.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelProfile    119
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.12
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.1.7f4
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.4.7fc4
com.apple.GeForce    8.1.6
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.1.7f4
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver    1.1.9
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.4.5
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.5.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet    3.1.1b1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.9
com.apple.BootCache    34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    635.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.3.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    621.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA    2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    214.0.0
com.apple.security.quarantine    2.1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    4.0.39
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    214.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction    119
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction    119
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    119
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    119
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    119
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    119
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    119
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    86.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.11d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.1.7f4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.4.7fc4
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    8.1.6
com.apple.NVDAResman    8.1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.1.7f4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.4.7fc4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.4.7fc4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.5d4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.4.1d13
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.9.2fc7
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.12
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard    170.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    623.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    621.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport    3.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    630.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    635.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily    2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.8.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
com.apple.security.sandbox    220.3
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0

Try using Google: http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-5.5.25-driver.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/257-nvidia-releases-mountain-lion-10-8-2-graphics-driv ers/comments3.html
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

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