Why does my computer say 'your computer restarted due to a problem' and continuously loop?

I am trying to upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion on my iMac. It says that the installation is successful, but then shows 'Your computer restarted due to a problem' and continuously tries to restart.
I tried to set up Apple support with the 90-day complimentary support, but because the iMac itself is older it won't allow me to contact them.
Any help with fixing the problem or how to get in touch with Apple's support is appreciated.

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Sat Nov 8 14:00:39 2014
Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802a21e80a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000002d4e8000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff803cbbf000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff81352f3b50, RBP: 0xffffff81352f3bf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000240, RDI: 0xffffff803cbbf000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x000000e492137674, R11: 0x000000e4917aebcc
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x000000000000023e, R14: 0xffffff803cc90000, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010293, RIP: 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81352f3800 : 0xffffff802a13a811
0xffffff81352f3880 : 0xffffff802a21e80a
0xffffff81352f3a40 : 0xffffff802a23a443
0xffffff81352f3a60 : 0xffffff7fabaa5e28
0xffffff81352f3bf0 : 0xffffff7fabbbd0a2
0xffffff81352f3cb0 : 0xffffff7fab9a64a3
0xffffff81352f3d00 : 0xffffff7fab9a91be
0xffffff81352f3db0 : 0xffffff7fab9a80f2
0xffffff81352f3dc0 : 0xffffff802a6d8008
0xffffff81352f3e20 : 0xffffff7fab9a8d0b
0xffffff81352f3e50 : 0xffffff802a6c5a03
0xffffff81352f3ee0 : 0xffffff802a6be797
0xffffff81352f3f00 : 0xffffff802a16be13
0xffffff81352f3fb0 : 0xffffff802a2192c7
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         com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360(900.19.8)[E6DF5F6D-3476-3BA6-B49B-BAADEC7DF58 0]@0xffffff7fab994000->0xffffff7fabf6afff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient(1.0.1b8)[25CEDABE-0952-309D-AC20-A39DF84 9DFB7]@0xffffff7fab679000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(700.52)[13EA5B53-E76C-3F27-A9CA-6D3B59AE6F44]@0xf fffff7fab8e1000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7faa924000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.2)[247581D8-DFC5-3AAE-B079-3D13F5514C2B]@0 xffffff7fab235000
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Mac OS version:
14A389
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x0000000029e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802a000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8029f00000
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During startup, you’ll see a progress bar, and then the login screen, which appears even if you normally log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Log in as an administrator to carry out these instructions. If you have only one account, you are the administrator.
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
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I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
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Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.

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