Cannot boot OEM Restore DVD

I am trying to restore my PB to its original state. When I boot from the Restore DVD (10.2.3), shows the grey screen with the Apple logo and the wheel bars, then the You-need-to-restart message in several languages comes up. Tried the double-clicking on the Install Mac OS X icon / Restart button and the Hold-down-C while restarting--same result. Removed added RAM--same. Reset PMU--same. Reset PRAM--same. Did the Hardware Test--all OK. But booting from the installed 10.3.9 is flawless. Short of sending it for repair, does anyone have any suggestion? Thanks!
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 12inch 867 Mhz 384MB 20GB

I'm having the identical problem on m 17" powerbook, any ideas?

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I can not so good english sorry. I translate the lyrics I write now using Google language tools:).
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