Installation Stops Responding

Hello. I have been trying to install Solaris 10, and I am afraid that I need some assistance. Onto some brand new CD-RWs, I have burned the x86 ISOs. The basic problem is that the installation keeps getting hung. It is very sporadic, freezing at different random points throughout the early setup process.
It just stops responding. There is no activity, and key presses do nothing. Even pressing the power button (which should instantly turn the computer off) does nothing. At least, it does not respond like it should. Only after holding the button down for quite a few seconds does it actually turn off.
The computer is kind of old (maybe a decade or so). However, to me, it does appear to at least somewhat meet the minimum requirements. I mean, its processor is a slow 350 MHz Pentium II. Still, it does meet the minimum memory requirements.
It has one 64 MB module and three 128 MB modules. That exceeds the installation minimum of 256 MB. It is also greater than the 400 MB needed for the graphical installation.
Still, it keeps freezing. Once, using the text console, I made it as far the screen where the installation can be customized (where packages can be added and removed). However, most of the time, it stops responding just a few screens after I choose the installation method (such as interactive, text console, et cetera).
I have tried the disc in a different computer. It worked wonderfully. The graphical interface appeared and everything. It was smooth and trouble-free. (I have yet to be able to make it to the GUI on the older computer. When I try, it always freezes beforehand.)
I find it strange that the installation gets hung at different points. There is no regularity, no way to predict when it will happen next. Just, one second, it is fine. Then, it is locked up.
I am thinking that it must be something with the old computer's hardware. However, I am not sure what. Why would it freeze at different points? Sometimes even when I am trying to make selections using the arrow keys and space bar?
I have read something about disabling ACPI to resolve problems similar to my own. Might that help? If so, how might I go about doing that?

I would just like to add a more recent observation. It seems that the CPU fan stops spinning following the copyright notice. Perhaps that could be why the installation freezes sporadically?
Last night, I tried the installation again. For the first time, I actually made it all the way to the point where the Solaris files are installed onto the hard disk. Then, it froze again.
If the CPU is overheating (due to its fan not spinning), that might explain why the install stops responding at different times for each attempt. No?
Why would the CPU fan even be shutting off? I have looked in my BIOS. I do not have any power management things enabled. And, except during the Solaris installation, I have never observed the fan stopping while the computer is on. Still, every time, just after the copyright notice, its motion ceases.

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