XP pro install on Dell 1545 blue screen pci.sys

I just got a new Inspiron 1545 from dell with vista home premium. Why Vista??? It was quite a bit cheaper. I've got an XP pro licence and media to do a install of xp pro. I booted to the WinXP disc and when it gets to the point where it says setup is loading windows and it gives me the BSOD stating that pci.sys is a problem.

I have tried using various windows cds and none have worked. I've used windows xp (no sp1), sp2, and don't have a sp3 cd to try but am not confident that will work anyway. I've also went into the BIOS and tried moving SATA operation to ata from ahci. I also have run memTest86+ just thinking that possibly it was shipped with a bad stick of RAM, but that came out clean.

Is there a driver that I need to load right when I boot to the windows cd? If this is the case can i load that from a usb flash drive (I don't have a usb floppy).

 

Microsoft Windows XP
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322389 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ ) How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

This issue might occur if a system thread generates an exception that the error handler does not catch. This exception can be caused by any of the following:

* If this issue occurs after the first restart during Windows Setup or after Setup is complete, the computer might not have sufficient hard disk space to run Windows XP.
* The computer BIOS might be incompatible with Windows XP, or it might have to be updated.