My HDD and DVD Drive are both on SATA ports.

I'll try the debug mode in order to get more info, because the only thing I'm getting is a semi transparent gray screen with a multi-language message telling me to shutdown my computer.

I thought that the console application would log kernel panics ??

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Config : Intel Quad-Core Q8200 - Motherboard : GA-EG43-S2H - 2 GB RAM PC2-8500 - SATA Hard drive - Nvidia 9600 GT
Distribution : 10.6 Retail