help: Linux Mandrake 8.2

i downloaded Mandrake ISO cd's... tryed to install it ... half way through my mouse and keyboard stopped working.... is something wrong with the cd's or ...??
any response would be appriciated

oh ...currently i have a compaq 2.4 Ghz , 256 MB DDR-SDRAM , Ge Force 2 MX 400, Win XP

first download the MD5 summer fron net and then verify that the checksum of ur downloaded ISO images and that give on the net is same.