Dark Screen After Installing XP Professional

I attempted the following in 2 different computers (One with ME and the other one with a clean new HD using the MS 6-floppy boot-disk set) with the same outcome:
I ran the WinXP installation process all the way through until the point where it shuts down and reboots. HOWEVER, when it reboots, it never gets past the "WinXP loading black screen" (the one with the XP Logo at the center, and the little blue horizontal moving "thingy ").
After displaying this screen for a few seconds (10-20), the computers go into a Pitch Black screen, the CD-rom starts running at max speed intermittently and then quits. Nothing happens after that.
I am absolutely puzzled b/c this is a CD that has been used by other people successfully and I cannot understand what I could be doing wrong. (NO, it is not a pirated copy !! MS and my employer have an alliance and they give us 1 free download of XP Professional)
Could it be that XP is not compatible with my HP Monitor? (about 5yrs old). If so, how do I check for that?
Thank you so much for your help and I apologize for the long-winded posting.

qch0001

 

Do me a favor and describe you computer hardwarewise.

 

It's 2 different systems:

Thanks for you help. This is as much as I know about my systems:

System#1 (With new 20GB HD):

Intel Celeron 400Mhz
192MB RAM
20GB Western Digital 7200RPM
An generic SystemBoard Ultra DMA 66 motherboard with 8MB Video & Audio Integrated in it.
Modem Blaster
HP 9100 CDRW
ZIP100 MB
Floppy

System#2:

AMDK6-2 500Mhz
162MB RAM
10GB Western Digital 5400 RPM
An generic SystemBoard PC133 motherboard with Video, Modem & Audio Integrated in it.
ZIP100 MB
Floppy

 

Not sure it wil help..but I had same thing occur on a "new" system I built for someone...had not installed the MB drivers cd ever on a board..never seemed to need..but xp did not have the support built in for the paticular agp port..see if have a cd for the motherboard or see if a set that can be downloaded

 

Thanks Guys!

I made it work in one of the units (the one with the 400 Celeron). And will be working on the other one in the next couple of weeks. At the moment, I have a more important issue at hand I need your valuable assistance with. This is a link to that Issue which I posted earlier this week . It is regarding having 2 operatins systems as options to boot up. However, Only one of them works (98). I just would like to delete the XP option.

Thank you so much guys!! Have a great day!!!

You guys are cool!!