New Dual Core System Giving Me Grief

Stuck my new mobo/cpu/ram in my pc today and it all fired up first go which
i was dreading wouldent happen lol.

Anyhow after a full day of reboots and xp installs i have some hardware
problems causing the following problems....

When installing XP (tried an sp1 and an sp2 cd) i get the following error
after xp reboots for the first time to run the install its just bunged on
your hard drive.

'Fatal Error

An error has been encountered that prevents Setup from Continuing.
One of the components that windows needs to continue Setup could not be
installed.
A components file does not match the verification information preesent in
the components manifest.'

I use these cds frequently so know they are not faulty and all files can be
reads fine.

After a reboot xp seems to continue installing but i get the odd message
come up saying it cant find a file, even tho its there i simply have to
press retry but this isnt normal behaviour so i mentioned it.

In windows proper once installed with all drivers i get the infrequent BSOD
saying PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Also once a rar archive extracted corrupt. I done it again and it was fine.
Thought id mention in case relevant (probably)

Have spent half the day trying each stick or ram on its own in different
slots etc and the below symptoms happen all the time regardless so im
guessing the ram is fine as its unlikely both would be buggered. I was very
carefull during install not to touch any chips etc and frequently grounded
myself.

Am sure its not an overheating problem as i played a few 3d intensive games
including Half-Life Episode 1 for quite a while with no problems. The BSOD
seems to appear when just doing normal everyday windows stuff load
installing etc.

As i write this tho i have just had a thought. My xp, sp2 install is quite
old now and i was thinking maybe i need a quite recent version to support my
P4 Dual Core and that this could be the problem as the installer code and
windows software cant quite work with it 100%? Is this a possibility?

The new hardware is as follows...

P4 Dual Core 3gig 930 cpu
ASUS P5RD2-VM with onboard sound/radeon x300/lam etc
Corsair Value Select Ram 2 x 512mb dd2 667mhz 5300

Thanks for looking.

Gordy


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