Install issue Ubuntu 10.04 with ASRock G41M-VS3 M/B

A friend has been unable to load a known good 32-bit Lucid LiveCD on his new upgrade box. Message displayed:

udevd-work[102]: '/sbin/modprobe -b pci:v00008086d00002E32sv00001849sd00002E32bc03sc00i00'
unexpected exit with status 0x0009

This was followed with around a dozen lines of USB related info (have typed the above message in manually as I don't think it was possible to cut and paste).

The 32-bit Lucid AlternateCD did install with gui desktop initially but now boots to command prompt only. Tried:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Then attempted to load the display manager with:
sudo restart gdm

Situation remains, booting to text based login only. Any thoughts on where to from here - turning off some of the ACPI features in BIOS? I would need to actually check what is currently enabled as the machine is not in front of me just now.

Perhaps this situation is similar?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/472183

Thanks.

Here's some hardware info from the vendor's website:

CPU:
Intel Dual Core E5400 2.7GHz 2MB 800MHz

ASRock G41M-VS3 motherboard:
CPU - LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
- Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset - Northbridge: Intel® G41
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB*

*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
BIOS - 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- VCCM, NB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
 Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
- Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10
- Max. shared memory 1759MB*
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz

*The shared memory size is dynamically controlled by VGA driver, and the Max. shared memory size will be available only when more than 4GB memory is installed under 64-bit OS.
Audio - 5.1 CH HD Audio (VIA® VT1705 Audio Codec)
LAN - Atheros® PCIEx1 LAN AR8132L
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
 Expansion / Connectivity
Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI slot
Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and "Hot Plug" functions)
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Print port header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x VGA Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
 Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner
- Intelligent Energy Saver
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock OC DNA
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor - Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.9-in x 6.7-in, 22.6 cm x 17.0 cm
Certifications - FCC, CE
- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)