Hardware: Dell Inspiron 1545

Steps are as follows:

1. Insert Ubuntu 12.04 disc

2. Boot computer

Output is as follows

error: unexpectedly disconnected from boot status daemon
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

***MEMORY-ERROR***: glib-compile-schemas[569]: GSlice: assertion failed: aligned_memory == (gpointer) addr
Aborted
pwconv: failed to change the mode of /etc/passwd- to 0600

***MEMORY-ERROR***: [996]: GSlice: assertion failed: aligned_memory == (gpointer) addr

***MEMORY-ERROR***: glib-compile-scehmas[1034]: GSlice: assertion failed: aligned_memory == gpointer) addr
Aborted
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/LanguageSelector/LocaleInfo.py:256: UserWarning: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory warnings.warn(msg.args[0].encode('UTF-8'))
Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom

... etc etc...

End up at a prompt line ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

The computer's self tests have given the following three errors (so far):

Error Code OFOO:O65D Msg DISK-DST Self-test read error

SATA Disk S/N=....
Confidence Test Fail
Error Code 0F00:1332
Msg: DISK- Block 418047942: Interrupt Request (IRQ)

Error Code: 0142
HD0 self test unsuccessful
Status 79