P4 3.4Ghz compatibility problems!

[pete66]

Hi,

My system specs are:

Asus P5GD2 Deluxe motherboard
- LGA775 socket
- Northbridge: Intel 915P MCH
- Southbridge: ICH6R
- PCI-e x16 slot for graphics card

P4 3.4Ghz CPU

1GB Kingston DDR2 RAM (1 chip)

2x SATA WD 200GB HDDs
1x IDE Seagate 60GB HDD

Now, I've just bought a new Digi 002 Rack and I can't for the life of me get Pro Tools LE 6.7 up and running!

If I do a clean install of WinXP Pro, hook up the 002 Rack and then go to install PTLE6.7 it gets as far as installing the drivers (something like "Installing hardware drivers, this may take several minutes, your screen may flash") and from there it goes NOWHERE.

By nowhere I mean, complete system crash (no mouse or keyboard signs of life), after a reboot I can see PTLE in my "add/remove programs" but modifying, repairing or removing don't change anything about the situation.

The only way to progress was to format the HDD and reinstall XP Pro, no biggie. Tried with several different configurations (reinstalling XP each time!):

- disabled hyper threading in BIOS
- tried something called a "DEP fix" (/NOExecute=AlwaysOFF in bootfile)
- unplugged all USB peripherals etc.
- installed in safe mode
- disabled system restore (you never know)
- checked DMA status of hard drives
- tried installing on IDE instead of SATA

I've made a bit of progress by installing without the 002 Rack hooked up and opting not to install the hardware drivers. From there I at least get a complete install of the software but alas when I try to run PTLE it asks me to plug in the hardware and so I need the drivers installed and so I try to install the drivers and it gets as far as "dalwdm.sys" (c:\windows\system32\drivers) and then it crashes.

Same story with PTLE 6.4.

It all works fine on my laptop.

I hope some kind person can help me!

Many thanks
Pete