WinXP reboot problem

Hey... when I've installed Windows XP and choose to run it in the os meny, the computer just reboots. I've tried different versions of XP still same problem. Safe mode or command prompt doesn't work either.
The thing is, I have tried to install XP many times now and I've had different error messages but I have always been able to boot XP. Now, without a reason, the computer just reboots! Very strange.

Hardware:
Athlon 64 3000+
MSI K8T NEO-FIS2R
TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512 MB m/Winbond (400 MHz)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 160GB S-ATA - S-ATA/150 8MB cache
PowerColor Radeon 9660 256 MB DDR
CNet PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (didn't know the motherboard had integrated network card :s)
I'm pretty sure it's my HD that messes up the system.
Drivers:
VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller
VIA ATA/ATAPI Host Controller
Promise FastTrak 376/378 (tm) Controller
Promise SATA-150 TX Series (tm) Controller
Okey... first I had a problem with a bluescreen when trying to install XP. This was fixed by disabling the external cache and shadowing in BIOS. I'm running ME as my primary and active partition, having XP to test on the other partition as logical. Tried to set it to active but the meny where you would choose OS didn't appear. But I'm still saying that I've been able to run XP before on that partition...
1. I started with loading all the drivers with F6. Then when the installation run there were 2 pop-up error messages about something that the VIA SATA drivers didn't support XP... not sure what it stood but I clicked continue. So when I run XP and installed the drivers and tried to update with Windows Update, a message appeared on the screen telling me to shut down all work because the computer is going to restart in 60 seconds. I guess it has something to do with the error messages earlier when I installed. So the message kept coming up every time I booted up XP and there was no way of canceling it. I realised I shouldn't load both drivers (stupid me), I thought both were needed to get rid of the "can't find HD screen", but then I read on this forum that you should load either VIA or Promise...
2. I tried to load the VIA drivers, but then a bluescreen appeared so the VIA drivers were not an option.
3. Then I tried the Promise drivers, and it worked. No error messages during installation either. But then after the installation, all of a sudden, when I choosed to boot XP, the computer just rebooted!
4. I tried to install another time loading all the drivers. Now, the error messages didn't appear (they should had!) BUT the computer reboots when I choose XP... and now I can't even get XP to boot I don't know what the h*ll happened!
I'm sure if I could get rid of the reboot problem I could try install Promise drivers again and check if it would work correctly. Running BIOS 1.20 update. And I have tried to get XP to work in 2 weeks now and reinstalled XP over and over again, deleeting the partition and then creating new NTFS with quickformat. I'm getting tired of this as my ME partition can't run any games because the latest graphic card drivers doesn't support ME... If I just had choosen to have the OS installed (like an 120$ extra) when I ordered the computer I wouldn't have all those problems... but then I know it is POSSIBLE to get XP to work or else they wouldn't have the installation option when ordering!!
This is as much info as I can give you... hope it helps.

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