I ran some tests with i386 live DVD versions of 10.10 and 10.04. First I test read the whole DVD's on this machine and they both test read fine and quickly.
10.04 boots up and runs fine.
10.10 boots up to the 5 dots in a sequence screen and eventually the dots all come on, the DVD light goes out and the machine is completely locked up.
I ran some tests with i386 live DVD versions of 10.10 and 10.04. First I test read the whole DVD's on this machine and they both test read fine and quickly.
10.04 boots up and runs fine.
10.10 boots up to the 5 dots in a sequence screen and eventually the dots all come on, the DVD light goes out and the machine is completely locked up.