Wow - basically forget everything mentioned in that other Thread.
For most things, you'll *never* notice a difference between IDE and SATA, and if an Install Disc is corrupted, you'd know it. For the IDE/SATA issue, it's a BIOS setting you just need to switch.
Have you double-checked to make sure everything is kosher HSF-wise? Installs use a lot of CPU power at times; if the HS was off just barely (not enough to see, but enough to create a small gap) you're CPU might be getting warm enough to scale back, but not hot enough to shut down. This may sound odd, but do you have another CPU to drop in and try an Install? If it's quicker, then it's possibly just a dud CPU - they pop up every so often (kind of like the opposite of Factory-Freak engines).
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