Can't start up - Can anyone help?

I was attempting to change over to OSX from 9.2. I went thru the startup disk menu and chose the 10.2 disk. When it restarted it came up in what appeared to be DOS mode. It told me there was memory problem and said to type mac-boot to continue. When I did that, the screen went blank (white with black lines running vertical). Now when I try to boot, all I get is the message to push the reset button to restart. I tried to use option key when restarting and the OSX disk is the only one displaying, and it won't restart. I need help!!
Hoe do I get back on OS 9.2? I was getting ready to upgrade to 10.4, will that help? I need some advise. Thanks, Charleyß

If you have been inside the machine, verify your RAM sticks are fully seated.
If you have added non-OEM ram, remove it and try to boot.
Run the Apple HW CD and perform a ram test. What are the results?

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