Wont boot from restore dvd's or new copy of Leopard!!

Well I am witts end I have an isight that I installed a new hard drive on and will not boot from the restore dvd's, or a new leopard disc(now i am out 130). It will how ever boot from drive genuis(new drive is fine) or restore dvd's from a new iMac and it will tell me that disc's are not compatible(duh just checking to see if it was a bad optical drive) any suggestions or ideas are welcome!!!

"Well I am witts end I have an isight that I installed a new hard drive on"
The iSight models are not user rerpairable except for RAM installations. All other repairs should be done at a repair shop. Apple does not even supply repair manuals (DIY) for the public for the iSight models.
If you installed the HD yourself, its possible it was not installed correctly.
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Wont boot to restore DVD

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"Well I am witts end I have an isight that I installed a new hard drive on"
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