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Reset the BIOS to defaults.
Don't trust the quick RAM check. Try the long version or just pull one of the DIMMs. If it still dies, replace it and pull the other.
Also, try another CD, and then another drive. The installer isn't great at handling errors so a bad one of either can send you into the weeds.
Does the BSOD give you any information about the error? You should see a driver name, and then error, offset, etc in machine speak, though failures during install are generally bad hardware/media or ancient incompatible stuff.
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