MacBook Air wont boot from cd, dvd, thumb drive or network

hey guys. i just bought a used macbook air from a friend and i want to wipe his stuff off the computer as well as reset the password.
i tried booting the install disc on the MBA from my room mates macbook pro and it gives me a kernel error every time i try. same thing on the other rooms mates MB. same thing when i try to boot off a flash drive. i even tried to make a bootable flash drive with ubuntu but to no avail.
any other suggestions?

ok guys
ive tried the install key that come with it. ive tried using an external drive. same freaking thing happens
i have the crash log here
"Interval Since Last Panic Report: 2152942 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 11
Anonymous UUID: 080C0778-6263-4D99-8669-D8FD7DCCDD6F
Wed Mar 2 17:56:15 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2a6ac2): Kernel trap at 0x04188f58, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x2a7d0000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x040de6e6, EBX: 0x05314f80, ECX: 0x05310080, EDX: 0x3106b710
CR2: 0x2a7d0000, EBP: 0x0006046c, ESI: 0x0541f200, EDI: 0x05320e80
EFL: 0x00010286, EIP: 0x04188f58, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x053c0010
Error code: 0x0000afe4
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2a763b88 : 0x21acfa (0x5ce650 0x2a763bbc 0x223156 0x0)
0x2a763bd8 : 0x2a6ac2 (0x590a50 0x4188f58 0xd 0x590c07)
0x2a763cb8 : 0x29c968 (0x2a763cd0 0x0 0x6046c 0x4188f58)
0x2a763cc8 : 0x4188f58 (0xe 0x53c0048 0x2a760010 0x31050010)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x6046c
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10A432
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.0.0: Fri Jul 31 22:47:34 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1456.1.25~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookAir3,2 (Mac-942C5DF58193131B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 15737165837
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile 17
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.7.4a1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.16
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelNehalemProfile 11
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 3.4.0a20
com.apple.GeForce 6.0.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.SparseDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.ReadWriteDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.UDIFDiskImage 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.RAMBackingStore 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.HTTPBackingStore 281
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.FileBackingStore 281
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.7.8
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx 410.91.20
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 3.7.5
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 90.0.0
com.apple.security.sandbox 0
com.apple.security.quarantine 0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.0.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 90.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 1.7.4a1 - last loaded 15702466057
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.7.4a1
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.7.0fc16
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.7.4a1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.7.4a1
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 40
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 3.4.0a20
com.apple.NVDAResman 6.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.DiskImages.KernelBacked 281
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 300.20
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.7.8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 281
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.3
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.3.0
Model: MacBookAir3,2, BootROM MBA31.0061.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1.86 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.66f54
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0xD1), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.8f7, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD TS256C, 233.76 GB
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x850a, 0x24600000
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0x26100000
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x04500000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x821b, 0x04530000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x023f, 0x04300000
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