windows xp pro refuses to load normally

Hello,

Is this your manual?:
http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...n32-ws-pro.pdf
If so, on p. 4-30, it looks like your "primary display adapter" is the
PCIEX16-1. Does that look right?

No, its not. M2N32 SLI Deluxe, pg 4-29 on manual states "primary display
adapter" is PCI-E slot. The other choice in the Bios is PCI slot.

If you use XP's generic graphics driver, do you have problems? If not,
the problem seems to be with the driver.

I think I am currently running on xp generic drivers, the pc attempts to
autoinstall drivers for a "3d video controller" and a "vga." The driver is
called "vgasave"

Or perhaps some funky incompatibility issue is at play. Asus has a forum. So does Nvidia. Have you tried either one?

Ive actually tried both. The Asus one wasnt very helpful. The nvidia forum
had lots of posts similiar to mine, but the fixes they suggested did not seem
to work for me except one where they mention plugging in a USB flash drive
prior to bootup. This actually worked once and I reached the xp desktop with
full graphics. Then I rebooted the pc and I was back to the usual reboot
loop. I then plugged all sorts of flash drives in different usb slots with
no result.
Thanks

Hello,

Is this your manual?:
http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...n32-ws-pro.pdf
If so, on p. 4-30, it looks like your "primary display adapter" is the
PCIEX16-1. Does that look right?

No, its not. M2N32 SLI Deluxe, pg 4-29 on manual states "primary display
adapter" is PCI-E slot. The other choice in the Bios is PCI slot.

If you use XP's generic graphics driver, do you have problems? If not,
the problem seems to be with the driver.

I think I am currently running on xp generic drivers, the pc attempts to
autoinstall drivers for a "3d video controller" and a "vga." The driver is
called "vgasave"

Or perhaps some funky incompatibility issue is at play. Asus has a forum. So does Nvidia. Have you tried either one?

Ive actually tried both. The Asus one wasnt very helpful. The nvidia forum
had lots of posts similiar to mine, but the fixes they suggested did not seem
to work for me except one where they mention plugging in a USB flash drive
prior to bootup. This actually worked once and I reached the xp desktop with
full graphics. Then I rebooted the pc and I was back to the usual reboot
loop. I then plugged all sorts of flash drives in different usb slots with
no result.
Thanks