G4 won't update past 10.4.2

I recently brought home a Power Mac G4 (mirror drives) from work. It worked fine, but was being tossed because it is obsolete for our business since it cannot run the latest design software.
It had been running 10.2, but I wiped the drive and did a fresh install of Tiger. Everything was going well until I tried to run software update.
After trying to update to 10.4.11, the Power Mac restarted, I saw the apple and gear followed by the starting up bar, but then it got stuck. All I got was a blue screen and occassionally a cursor or a gear wheel. Never started.
I've tried opening in safe mode, but can't. (single user mode works) I've also repaired permissions and repaired disk from disk utility, but still can't update.
After playing with delta updates, I've found I can update to 10.4.2 and everything works, but nothing higher. This machine's specification show it can run 10.5.8, but I can't even install 10.5
Here are it's specs:
Machine Name: Power Mac G4
Machine Model: PowerMac3,6
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.5.7f1
There are no peripherals or third-party hardware installed.
I would be happy with 10.4.2, but it cannot run the latest version of iTunes so I'm stuck at version 4.

Two things I'd try...
Setting Jumpers to Cable Select, or maybe "Single" with some brands.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the Erase tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to get good installs.
IntelMac Discs will not work.

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