Heeeelp! Installation of Windows XP in PIII 866 Platform

This might be a primitive question but since PC here in our country is expensive I can only afford PIII 866 PC Compatible. Here is the complete specs: - PIII 866 Mhz - Asus MB cuv4x-c (I don't know the chipset) - Geforce 2 MX400 64MB AGP - 128MB x 2 (256) SDRAM DIMM - Creative sound card - D-Link Fast 10/100 Ethern ...

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This might be a primitive question but since PC here in our country is expensive I can only afford PIII 866 PC Compatible. Here is the complete specs:
- PIII 866 Mhz
- Asus MB cuv4x-c (I don't know the chipset)
- Geforce 2 MX400 64MB AGP
- 128MB x 2 (256) SDRAM DIMM
- Creative sound card
- D-Link Fast 10/100 Ethernet Card
- Windows 2000 Pro edition service pack 4
 
This is my problem, I was upgrading my OS from 2k to XP and at the start seems all ok. I choose the new OS to be a clean installation so it erased my old files which I happende to have backed-up. It went smoothly until it reached the stage before the "final installation" and it has loaded almost 82% when it suddenly shutdown the PC. It says:
Shutdown Fatal Hardware Error
Disable Caching and shadowing
If this is the first time this
warning occured, pls restart and
re-install.
If still this warning occurs please call
or contact the manufacturer.
 
I even tried this for the nth time still the same problem. So what I did was to reinstall my 2k OS and it worked smoothly without problems. I happened to have bought a second hand Dell OPTIMA with the same specs except for the mother board which is Intel _ _ _ _. It has no OS so I installed right away the XP, to my surprice it worked in one installation.
 
CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE AN ANSWER PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!
 
Thank you and regards,
Ed

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