System freezes after about 90 sec.? - Help please

Hi, I have seen others with a similar post and they all seem to be recent. My system froze up yesterday. I was not doing much on the CPU and it just froze. Since then I have run: Techtool, Discwarrior, Repaired permissions. Nothing has fixed the problem. Discwarrior did find some errors but repairs them and still the same problem. I deleted sys prefrences and disconnected the ethernet cable.
I even went to boot from the Tiger disc and re-install the core system software. As it was getting ready to install the system froze up again. And this was booted from the disc not the internal system. I have never seen this one before and am hoping someone out there has a solution.
What worries me is that I can't even boot from a sys disc and re-install the Sys software????
Sys: Powermac G5 DP 2.5GHz, 4.5Gb RAM
PowerMacG5 DP 2.5Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Disconnect all external devices except your monitor, kbd & mouse. Does it still freeze?
Do a Safe boot. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392 Does it still freeze?
 Cheers, Tom

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