@JayFray... yup... it's an AMD.

@Psyche: When you're booting up and it gives you the option to press f8 or any other key to boot from cd... press f8. it will ask you for your boot options.. enter -x -f -legacy here and press enter. now when you select to install the OS, remember to look for the Customize button in the lower left side of the install window. This will enable you to customize the install to better fit your system. Use these boot options as well as the customizing AND let the DVD verify itself before installing. Then it should work.

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