Can anyone help me with a white screen on boot, chime and unresponsive keyboard

As stated in the title it boots up with a white screen and it chimes but i cant use any of the commands to get into the recovery or even boot from a cd or usb drive. I've taken out the hdd and put it back it and it doesnt seem to be the problem. Is there anyone who can tell me exactly whats wrong with it?

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model number a1286 im not exactly sure of the os seeing as i just received it yesterday,
A1286 isn't specific enough, I need more information for a exact model match.
http://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1286
If I know the exact model, then I can tell if that came originally with Snow Leopard, we can install Linux.
Would it be possible for me to format the mac hdd from my pc?
Not with Windows, Linux might, but it would be a difficult.
Mac's as you know have EFI, which is loaded from a hidden partition on the boot drive.
Only OS X, their install disks (and 10.7+ Recovery HD parititon) can format the drive properly for a Mac to use, as they install EFI which the hardware requires for the at boot keys to be able to select Linux and install rEFIt in EFI firmware.
If your Mac meets 10.6 qualifications, then the 10.6 install disk can be ordered, the instruction for creating a dual boot system with Linux Mint.
Of course there is a problem, if the machine is too new, then hardware drivers to work with Linux might not have been circulating to use.
Apple doesn't supply the hardware drivers for Linux or anyone, so it takes hackers to get them and they have to have Mac's. (they rather use generic PC's)
Older Mac's pre-2011 I know where the drivers are at, on Ubuntu's site (Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu) however I don't know if latest versions of Ubuntu/Mint work with those drivers, I'll asume they do.
Hardware drivers are important because the machine won't work well without them, like no Wifi, video screen options etc. one just gets the bare minimal use.
Interest in running Linux on Mac's died when Apple released OS X 10.7, as the Recovery HD partition created a obstacle and Apple seems to be heading towards a closed system like on iPads and iPhones.
Linux needs open hardware like generic PC's, and the trend from Microsoft is like Apple, closing up hardware from anything but Windows running.
If you haven't installed Linux on a generic PC, I suggest you try that first as on Mac's it's the most difficult.

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