xp home clean install session3 init failure

[john]

I'm trying to do a clean install of XP Home SP1 on all new
hardware and get the beloved "a problem has been detected
and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
computer" message. SESSION3_INITIALIZATION_FAILED, some
gobbledigook about disabling or removing the new hardware
(but it's <all> new hardware) or software (and none is
installed, the hard drives aren't partitioned or formatted
yet). ***STOP: 0x0000006f (0xc0000020, 0x00000000,
0x00000000, 0x00000000).

Hardware is nothing too exotic: P4 2.8G HT, Intel 865PERL
mainboard, 1G Dual DDR3200, 3 large WD IDE hard drives,
Samsung CDRW/DVD combo, ATI AllinWonder 9000 video.

BIOS recognizes all drives & memory properly, latest BIOS
installed, CD installed as secondary slave. Mainboard, CPU
& memory tested out good when I picked them up

My gut tells me that the conflict is with the (unused and
disabled in BIOS) RAID feature in the chipset, but I'm
stuck. So far I've tried:

-Set CD as 1st boot device, FD as second, HD 3rd.
-Removing and reinstalling CPU, memory & video card
-Installing RAID drivers (at the F6 prompt)with SATA/RAID
both enabled and disabled. By default, and currently it is
disabled - no SATA drives.
-Disabling enhanced ATA/IDE and enabling Legacy IDE support.
-Disabling USB 2.0 support
-Disconnecting 3rd and then 2nd HDs and setting CD drive as
secondary master.
-Installing known good memory (1GB Corsair Dual DDR3200)
from my wife's computer.

Cruising through the Knowledge Base with the STOP code
hasn't gotten me anywhere, though one article mentions
forcing a standard version of HAL by pressing F5 or F7 at
the F6 prompt. I'm a Win9x wizard, but a NT/2000/XP
ignoramus, so I hesitate to <force> anything!

Ideas? Please? Pretty please?

 

[john]

My gut tells me that the conflict is with the (unused and
disabled in BIOS) RAID feature in the chipset, but I'm
stuck. So far I've tried:

-Set CD as 1st boot device, FD as second, HD 3rd.
-Removing and reinstalling CPU, memory & video card
-Installing RAID drivers (at the F6 prompt)with SATA/RAID
both enabled and disabled. By default, and currently it is
disabled - no SATA drives.
-Disabling enhanced ATA/IDE and enabling Legacy IDE support.
-Disabling USB 2.0 support
-Disconnecting 3rd and then 2nd HDs and setting CD drive as secondary master.
-Installing known good memory (1GB Corsair Dual DDR3200)
from my wife's computer.

I got past this point! I grew impatient and tried forcing
ACPI multiprocessor HAL, but wasn't given that option when
I pressed F5 key - probably a good thing, eh?

Ended up disabling onboard LAN & sound in BIOS, and now am
formatting the first drive. If installation goes properly,
I'll install Intel's drivers for those devices and
re-enable. My fingers are crossed.