IMac spits out install disk on restart

Hi
I have an imac G3 450 with DVD-rom currently running OS X 10.3.9
It has 576 megs of ram and a 20gig hard drive.
I want to install Tiger but when the computer restarts it spits the disc out I have also tried to boot 10.3 from the CD and it does the same. It only spits discs out on restart! I checked and repaired the hard drive permissions but it did not solve the problem!
Has anybody ever encounter such a situation?
What can I do?
Thanks for any advice

You're saying that if you give the restart command and hold down the "C" key until you hear the CD "grinding away," the CD gets ejected instead?
You can try this this method. It works on my iMac with the Panther Install CD.
Insert the Panther installation CD, Disk 1. Double click to open the CD. Double click on the top folder in that window, called "Welcome to Mac OS X."
At the top right is a file called "Install Mac OS X." Double-click on that. On my iMac, this bypasses the need to hold down the "C" key. After a warning window that your Mac will restart, it start up from the CD. Hopefully in your case, it will bypass whatever is causing the CD to be ejected.

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