It would also be best to perform hardware diagnostics, to ensure that you don't have bad RAM, hard disk, or some other point of failure. Is your power supply an old 20-pin variant? Are the capacitors bulging? Blue screens could mean anything, when not properly diagnosed. Slot-A is also a very power hungry platform, and requires a fair amount of amperage on the 5V rail.
A7N8X-LA | 2800+ | GeForce2 MX400 | Audigy 2 ZS
BE6-II 1.0 | PIII-933 | Viper 770 TNT2 | Live 5.1 Value
MS-5169 | K6-2 450 | Voodoo3 3000 AGP | AWE64 Value
P5A-B | P200-S | 64MB | MGA Millennium | Yamaha 719
LS-486E | Am5x86-P75