xp stop error message

[pidge]

I am about to try to re-install winxp pro. The last time the install went up to 83 per cent and stopped with this stop error message followed by a whole bunch of numbers.
I then reformatted and installed win98se without a problem.
Now i am in a situation where i need xp on my machine.
Can anyone shed some light as to why a stop error message appears during install.
Here are my hardware specs.
asus cusl 2
ati radeon 7200
256 meg sdram
sound blaster live value
pentium 3 800 eb
Thanks

[Mr N8]

It could be a driver error or a bad piece of hardware. If you can write down the stop error message, that would shed some light on it.