Windows XP Clean install... copies the files and then restarts... Never installed!

I've recently updated some hardware in my PC, a new Gigabyte motherboard and an AMD Dual Core processor. Here are the specifications of what Im running:
The rest is all pretty basic stuff... fans, etc heat sinks. It's pretty much a budget box, so there is nothing too special about it. I thought that I restart it come and go, but the process of starting always led me through the boot of MB, then to "loading of the operating system", then restart everything again.
I did the walk through for clean install of Windows XP and everything goes well until it comes time for the operating system to install.
  1. Boot from CD
  2. Setup Windows XP now
  3. Delete the existing partition
  4. Create the new partition
  5. Choose the location and format of partition
  6. Copy the files in Windows XP
The copy goes by fine... but after that is where the problem starts. Instead of going to Windows Installer, it will restart the PC.  After the reboot, it goes through the whole process that I mentioned at the beginning of this problem.
What I am doing wrong?

Hello

Once the files are copied when the computer restarts automatically do not press any key to boot from the CD again and let the computer automatically launch the next step. Also remove any external devices attached outside keyboard and mouse.

I hope hear from you soon!

Thank you, and in what concerns:
Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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