Cannot boot from CD

[wvdgraaf at hccnet.nl]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD with burned ISO image
Image version:
ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/hardy/kubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso,
later also tried
ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/Linux/releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.1/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
Date: 30 July 2008

Machine: Compaq Presario A970ed
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750
Memory: 3GB DDR2
Partitions: One NTFS partition with Vista, one NTFS partition with Compaq
recovery stuff
Further specs: http://www.mycom.nl/Products/View/Compaq Presario A970ed 
T5750/192145.aspx#Specs

Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [ ]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems: I want to try whether my hardware (bought a few days
ago) is supported by booting from CD. When loading the kernel, the process
hangs at 87%.

As the T5750 is a 64-bit processor, I tried the amd64 version of Kubuntu.
The i386 version of Ubuntu (K not forgotten) has the same problem,
however. I tried several options that were mentioned under the help:
noapic, nolapic, vga=771, generic.all_generic_ide=1, mem=512m. It hangs at
87% when I try to load linux from CD, but also when I select "Check CD for
Defects". "Test Memory" hangs silently (no percentage seen). Checksums for
the ISO images are fine. Do not know how to calculate checksum of a CD,
but two separate CDs have the same problems so I do not expect problems
there.

Do I have to wait a few releases till the hardware is supported?

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,
Wim