Booting from live USB freezes when menu item clicked

[ParthianShotgun]

So I was trying to reinvigorate my much older brothers laptop (a dell latitude d600) and it freezes when I run the usb. This is what pops up, as expected (http://i.imgur.com/5CbreP5.jpg). But when I clicked any of the options, it froze and then showed a weird corrupted line on the top edge (seen here, http://i.imgur.com/FpspNyF.jpg). I tried it on 2 different usb's and even tried Elementary OS, but the result was the exact same. My boot settings were fine, but the laptop completely freezes. I was wondering how I would be able to fix this. The laptop is in stock condition.

[RobGoss]

What are the specs for the machine in question. Sounds like it may not have enough ram to Handel the distribution you're trying to install.

[ParthianShotgun]

It is running Windows XP 2002 Service Pack 3 with Intel Pentium M [1600 mHz] clocked at 1.59 gHz. And it is fitted with 1.25 GB of ram (which is ideal, I would imagine, for Lubuntu). Thank you for the prompt reply, I really am at a loss as to why it would not work.

[RobGoss]

Yes you're correct Lubuntu is a lighter version and should perform much better being your machine does not have a lot or ram. Creating a bootable usb is also important. Do you have another computer on hand that you can see if that usb will boot from?

When I create a Ubuntu usb If for any reason it does not boot up on the machine I'm working on I will then see if it boots up from another machine to help me determine what might me causing the problem.

[sammiev]

Hi,

You can try F6 from the main menu and select nomodset.

If I recall correctly that model may have a ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 graphic card.

[kerry_s]

use the "nomodeset" option, you have a graphics glitch.