1. Let's skip over the BIOS update even though I bet it's needed. How about that power supply. With all that, you'll want a monster 450 Watt PSU and try it without a case cover to steer clear of heat issues.
2. You do need the BIOS update. Call the supplier if need be to get the right one.
3. Installing XP is treacherous since Microsoft doesn't fetch latest MOTHERBOARD or for that matter any updated drivers. Without that BIOS update or drivers, stability may be an issue.
The DLLs not copying is usually a sign of heat, failing CDRW drive, out of date BIOS or an overtaxed PSU.
Try this. Set the BIOS to very conservative settings. Such as 1X AGP speed and the FSB to 100 or 200 MHz. What happens?
Bob
I am running a Gigabyte GA-7zx rev1.0 Mainboard, with a 120gig HD and a 40 Gig HD, DVD-Burner, 36x CD-Rom, 512 mb ram.
My problems started when i got the 120gig HD, i installed Win XP and all my old software, and it worked fine for a month or so. then my usbs would quit at random, or my whole PC would Restart for no reason. no known virus, according to Norton 04. so i crashed everything reinstalled XP and it kept giving me fits during install saying certain .dll's would not Copy properly. finally it installed, my ethernet connection will not recognize when it is plugged in, certain programs will not run. Figured bios was my problem, tried every flash program i could possibly use, all say "unrecognised ROM type" and will not update BIO's. also tried removing the 120gig HD and just using the 40Gig, no go there either.
any help would be greatly appreciated?

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