System Installer & Backlighting

I wanted to restore my system from a Time Machine backup, so I popped in my Leopard install disc last night. It went through the normal process, rebooting and bringing me to the language select menu. Right when the language select menu comes up, the display turns its backlight off, making it impossible to see anything. I've had to navigate System Installer with the light from my iPhone. I chose to exit System Installer, and boot up from my startup disk, which it did, no problem. The backlight came on when it restarted, and remained on during use. I decided to give it another shot, and went to the System Installer again. The computer restarted, backlight on, then right when the language select menu came up, the backlight went off again. I restored my system using Time Machine backup and, sadly, with the help from my iPhone's backlight.
I find this odd, because I just used System Installer two nights ago without a problem. However, my MBP has been having trackpad issues ONLY in System Installer since I bought it, where the trackpad is lagging and choppy, but still functional to get me around. My MBP was purchased in March, right when the new ones were released.
Thanks for any replies, and I appreciate any comments!

I found the issue. Apparently, both of my Leopard install disks were scratched, so when I tried an alternative one, it worked beautifully. Also, the mouse/trackpad lag problem went away, showing that the damaged DVDs were more than likely the culprit.
Happy computing,
Ian B.

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