Much needed advice

[lanceomni]

So I am starting from scratch and would like some advice.

Questions:

1. Which distro should I use? Or should I use the Kalyway distro I already know works and update?
2. Do the program crashes apear to be cause because of my AMD processor and are they correctable?
3. What is the best way to update an AMD Leopard Install?
4. I want to dual boot Leopard and XP on separate drives (and I dont need to write to the XP volume from OSX) I have done this with Tiger but Leopard gives me problems. Does anywone know of an DUAL BOOT Leopard/XP separate drives AMD tut?

I recently installed Kalyway's 10.5.2 package, on the hardware listed below, without too many problems.

Where I was:
I had managed to get my graphics card fully supported, onboard audio worked in stereo, sata worked, Firewire worked fine.
I installed 90% of the software I use on my actual workstation. CS3, MS Office (All licensed copies)


Problems:
Certain programs will not run or crash. *EXAMPLE CRASH REPORT AT BOTTOM OF POST
-Epson 4870 Scanner driver crashes on install
-Final Cut gets preflight error on install
-Color calibration software Eye-One crashes on install
Onboard LAN unsupported (I purchased a Netgear ethernet card)
4GB of memory crashes when I use over 3.5. (Fixed with maxmem on boot)
Onboard RAID did not work.

What happened:
I wanted to update to 10.5.4 as I hear Voodo_Beta2 kernel fixes some issues related to AMD So I downloaded Zephyroth's ASU and bricked my machine. I was a bit foolish as I probably should have done a little more research and updates to 10.5.3 then 10.5.4.

My Goal:
To Dual Boot XP with Leopard as Default and be able to install FCP and the drivers to my scanner. I would be completely happy at that point. I would be exeptionally happy to get my onboard LAN & RAID working but im not holding my breath

My Box:
MOBO: Asus M2N SLI Deluxe
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 5000 X2
RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR-800 1gb x4 (4gb)
GRAPHICS: PNY 7600GT 256mb (VCG7600GXPB)
DRIVES: 1x WD 74gb Raptor SATA 1.5, 3x WD Caviar 80gb SATA 3, NEC DVD Burner (ND3550A), ASUS DVD ROM (E-616A2)


*Example Crash Report:

Epson Scanner Drivers

Log:

Process: EPSON Scan Installer [272]
Path: /Volumes/epson12092_pr48ph_twain_driver_and_epson_scan_util ity_303a/EPSON Scan Installer
Identifier: com.MindVision.InstallerVISE
Version: 8.4 (Installer VISE 8.4
© MindVision Software 1991-2004)
Code Type: PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [139]

Date/Time: 2008-11-06 17:36:51.225 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 translate 0xb81908fc 0xb8000000 + 1640700
1 ??? 0x8fe0e723 0 + 2413881123
2 ??? 0x8fe0e809 0 + 2413881353
3 ??? 0x8fe04102 0 + 2413838594
4 ??? 0x8fe07b5f 0 + 2413853535
5 ??? 0x8fe01872 0 + 2413828210
6 ??? 0x8fe01037 0 + 2413826103

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000002 ebx: 0x8fe12d91 ecx: 0x8fe12e76 edx: 0x8fe2fc20
edi: 0x00000001 esi: 0xb8000334 ebp: 0xbfffe2d8 esp: 0xbfffe270
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010293 eip: 0xb81908fc cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0xffe2aa14

Binary Images:
0xb8000000 - 0xb81d7fe7 translate ??? (???) /usr/libexec/oah/translate


EYEONE Color Calibration Software

Console:

11/9/08 8:42:23 PM com.apple.launchd[148] ([0x0-0x82082].ch.gretagmacbeth.i1.EyeOneMatch[938]) Exited abnormally: Illegal instruction

Crash Report:

Eye-One crashes:
Process: Eye-One Match [938]
Path: /Applications/Eye-One Match 3/Eye-One Match.app/Contents/MacOS/Eye-One Match
Identifier: ch.gretagmacbeth.i1.EyeOneMatch
Version: 3.6.2 (v3.6.2, © LOGO GmbH, a GretagMacbeth Group Company)
Code Type: PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [148]

Date/Time: 2008-11-09 20:42:23.082 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C7010)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 translate 0xb81908fc 0xb8000000 + 1640700
1 ??? 0x8fe0e723 0 + 2413881123
2 ??? 0x8fe0e809 0 + 2413881353
3 ??? 0x8fe04102 0 + 2413838594
4 ??? 0x8fe07b5f 0 + 2413853535
5 ??? 0x8fe01872 0 + 2413828210
6 ??? 0x8fe01037 0 + 2413826103

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000002 ebx: 0x8fe12d91 ecx: 0x8fe12e76 edx: 0x8fe2fc20
edi: 0x00000001 esi: 0xb8000334 ebp: 0xbfffe398 esp: 0xbfffe330
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010217 eip: 0xb81908fc cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0xffe2af8c

Binary Images:
0xb8000000 - 0xb81d7fe7 translate ??? (???) /usr/libexec/oah/translate