WinXP Won't boot with K8N Neos2 Platinum board

My motherboard is K8N Neos2 Platinum.
I am trying to install WinXP professional edition with SP 2. It seems like that every time I add any newer driver like sound card or GART driver, it will render the hard drive unbootable. I have one SATA harddrive.
I have reformatted many times now and try to reinstall WinXp many times. Every time I have delete the partition, format the harddrive, reinstall WinXP. It will work just fine the first time. But as soon as I install the Drivers that comes with the motherboard or the sound card driver for the on-board audio, my harddrive will not boot. I will receive a message like 'Non-System disk or disk error Replace and strke any key when ready".
Then I can pop the WinXP disk, do the repair and reload the OS, then it will come back up again. But then as soon as I add the sound card driver or the driver files that come with the motherboard, it makes my Harddrive not bootable again.
Does any one has any experience like this and how do you solve this issue?
It's very frustrating since I can't even get pass the OS stage.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

The harddrive is Hitachi SATA 120 Gb
The CPU is Athlon 64 3500+ 939 Pin
The video card is ATI 9600XT (Built by Sapphire Technologies)
The Install CD is the SP2 version of the WinXP.
The power supply is 400W Max DC output are:
+3.3v=28A, +5v = 40A, +12v=18A
-12=0.5A, -5=0.5A, +5SB=1.5A
I haven't plug in the USB and the D-Blank USB card that comes with the Motherboard.
I also have turned off the nVidia LAN MAC and the onboard LAN card. I want to add one thing at a time.
Hope this helps... Thanks...

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Hey Guys,
I fail to see the Logic in "don't buy dual core now... it’s too expensive… wait till the price drops in 2006." You don't HAVE to buy dual core... but since it's here... there really is no reason not to. You still need a processor now to get you through till 2006... So that means spending $300 (CND + Tax) on a 3200+ and then in 2006... Spending another 400 (maybe even 500) on a 4400+... so in the end you'll still have spent close to $800.
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