Problems with K7N420 Pro

I'm writing to this forum to seek your advice.  I am experiencing the BSOD and BKSOD problems.
My Hardware
MSI-6373 (K7N420 Pro) Mainboard
Aopen 300w Power supply
Duron 600 (spitfire)
2x Nanja 256mb DDR PC 2100 memory
CNR riser card
WD 60gig 7200rpm HDD
PCI Ultra DMA ATA/100 controller card
Liteon LT24102B writer
Liteon 52x cd-rom
Pioneer 16x DVDrom
MS optical USB mouse
LITEON  15inch monitor (1555NEL)
SOFTWARE
Windows XP
every nforce board driver could find
every video driver could find
(ranging from windows driver 5.1 from MS to the latest 41.03 from Nvidia)
even the motherboard cd drivers (as a note have installed other drivers after these to see if the later drivers incorrectly set a registry setting or something)
* Reinstalled Windows from scratch between driver installation if problem still occured
SOME FACTS
I have had bios 2.2 to 2.7 and currently using 2.7
I have tried the components above as a bare bones system, as a full blown system, and every combination in between.
Have have windows 2000 and XP, as well as WinME.
Swapped memory to test compatability.
Also for testing have tried Gforce 2 (brand not remembered) MX-200 with 64mb
Disabled Onboard Audio, Video and LAN seperately and together and combinations.
Could gaurantee pc to BSOD whenever It wanted to.  Still does.  Do believe certain combination of drivers/BIOS affect the stability.
PIO mode problem with ltr24102b if using ATA card, but not in a different machine.
SYMPTOMS
BSOD - During gameplay (NOLF2 Demo, Dungeon Keeper 1 unpatched, Diablo2 and Lord of Destruction as examples, not just the latest games)
One of the BSOD errors was IRQ not equal thing, another was it thought my agp card was a cause and shut me down. NV4disp.  Have tried multiple detonator drivers
BkSOD - During Dungeon keeper 1 it black screned me.
During installation of windows XP I have been getting BSOD errors.  This was when reset the BIOS to default.
Note: bios 2.2 default did not allow HDD smart to be enable, or it would not even make my monitor light go green, had to reset bios (power off thing)
Even get BSOD errors with not playing games. For example moving files from 1 directory to another, etc
CONCLUSION
As a father with 6 childen and a very limited budget, all my compute componets were purchased through frugal saving, buying secondhand (from people who looked after their hardware), and from money from presents.
Apparently Nvidia are going to release board drivers to help with the problem.
I do not have internet access at home as It is a luxury, and this means to access drivers/etc I have to pay at access points, or ask a friend a favour.
This has been ongoing since date of purchase, and am really sick of it.
Have read to forums and until now have not stated my problems.
In my opinion it is not about people who have a working nforce, but about the ones who don't!
The customer may not be king, but they should feel like they are.
I bought an MSI board based upon reliability, strength and performance, which I hope is true! MSI, take notice of me.  I am just a user of your hardware who wants it to work.
Craig

Well, I realise your post was a statement of fact not a request for help  8o  or maybe it was, but I missed the asking bit  )
Have you considered seeking a RMA for the board???, as a person on limited means you sure have a lot of things stuck on the mobo, not to mention I can't really see when you have a video card attached or not - still as I say your 'statement' will more than likely be read by MSI altthough to be certain they get your message I'd suggest you email them.  
Not many here have things like 3 optical drives and 'marginal PSU' but then again I would find it hard to pick if you suffered from brown outs due to equipment loads - anyway good luck with it, your right nVidia has taken notice and said it's their problem not MSI so a fix for those unfortunates is on it's way  

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