Can't Install Lion on a Mac Mini i5 in no way

Hi, i have got a mac mini 2011 (i5, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd) recently...
Im trying to boot from a dvd with OS X Lion but im getting a prohibitory sign, i have learn lot of posts on internet about that but no usefull solution.
I have tried botting from a usb flash drive, but it doesn't work...
I have tried downloading the system using the recovery client on the mac mini... but download process die at the middle everytime i start it.. so...
I don't know what to do... i read that OS X Lion 10.7 cannot boot on this kind of mac mini (and macbook air), and i needed to do this with a more recent version like 10.7.2 or 10.7.3... so i've done it with 10.7.3, but the prohibitory is still appearing..
I don't know what's the problem.. i have got OS X Lion clean install on my macbook pro (2010) without problem.. but i cannot get it working on the mac mini....
Any help please?
Regards

what kind of hardware fault are you talking about?
Memory or logic board.
if it was installed, what would be the problem (for you) to be installed again?
I'm not sure what you mean. I agree that if the machine is in working order, you should be able to install Lion on it. But apparently you can't, despite trying in at least three different ways.

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