Update 10.5.4 Mac OS Source Media is Damaged

It's been happening for a few weeks now and it's driving me crazy. I tried to install the Mac Os update 10.5.4 and at the end there's a message error that says:
*"Mac Os update media is damaged. Try installing from a different copy of the source media or contact manufacturer for replacement."*
Do guys have any idea what's this all about? I started using Mac last January and I don't know much about it.
Any help i can ge is much appreciated.

Came across this on google search. Jon
Originally Posted by TrishaM
Just thought I'd pass this along in case it might help anyone else.
On a 17" PowerBook G4 I was unable to install Leopard because I had upgraded the original 1GB of RAM to 2GB using RAM I purchased from Crucial, however, once I put the original RAM back in, Leopard installed fine, and even recognized the new (Crucial) RAM when I reinstalled it following a successful install of Leopard.
Here's what happened - the Leopard DVD passed it's own integrity check and started the install, giving me a time estimate. At about halfway through, it failed with an error message indicated my 'source media is damaged" and suggesting that I use a different copy of the source (install) DVD. I tried a half-dozen or more times with the same result, regardless of which upgrade method I chose (upgrade, archive & install, or erase & install).
Since I naturally assumed that the message was correct, and the DVD was somehow damaged, I called Apple and they sent a replacement DVD. Same problem. Still assuming the replacement DVD must have [coincidentally] also been damaged, I had Apple send yet another replacement. Same problem. I didn't think it was possible to get three damaged DVDs.
At that point I recalled that the RAM was not the original Apple-supplied memory and thankfully I still had the original (2 512MB sticks) which I reinstalled, after which Leopard installed from the original purchased retail copy with NO problems.
I put back in the Crucial RAM (2 1GB sticks) and Leopard recognized it just fine. No problems in the past week since this happened.
SO it seems that Leopard does not like OEM RAM when performing an install, but has no problem with recognizing it once it's installed.
Needless to say I am going to keep the original RAM in case I have trouble with future upgrades.

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