HA! I got it.

I went back to the latest BIOS, set the default BIOS settings. Turned off the onboard audio in the BIOS.
Then, booted up and removed everything in the INF folder. Then booted up with the Windows XP CD and ran a "Restore." After Windows was back up I went back into the BIOS and turned on the onboard chipset and reboot into Windows and installed the drivers. Now it works.

What I don't get is what the hell caused all that in the first place. Oh well, at least it works now. Thanks for all the suggestions. I was ready to kick start kicking it around the room.
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