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Just to correct this somewhat...
On the 80 pin UDMA Drive cables, the blue connector (usually blue anyway) goes to the MOTHERBOARD, the first connector from that is GREY, this goes to the SLAVE device, the BLACK connector (at the opposite end of the cable) goes to the MASTER device (typically the first hard drive on the system, and yes, make sure it IS set to master)
use a 40 OR 80 pin cable to connect to the CD Rom, if you have a DVD and a Writer, mount the DVD top in the case and set it to MASTER, put the writer below it and set it to SLAVE (makes the drive letters match the order of the drives and also simplifies the cable run)
Set ALL drive settings in the bios to AUTO...
in the bios, DISABLE Trend ChipAway Antivirus (if you have the option) and ENABLE S.M.A.R.T.
leave everything else on defaults. Boot the machine and see if XP installs.
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