EFI password SET + bootcamp removed: my intel iMAC wont boot...

With my new (and first) iMAC (i think) I have done the two thinghs that made the sistem crash...
Here's the detail:
1. I've installed boot camp and try to install windows. But the I say "iMAC is for MAC OSX, and not for windows".
So, I reload boot camp and removed the partition of windows (the OSX partition regain it's original size)
2. Meanwhile, I've launched Open firmware password (function of a power PC iMAC, founded in an intel iMAC!) and I set a password! I remeber this password (useful if someone can help me)
So, when I reboot, a flashing question mark inside a folder appear for my happyness! :< (the HD index is probably gone...)
With the EFI (the name of the open firmare interface on Intel iMAC) password active, I cannot boot from CD or DVD!!
So i cannot use the original DVD 1 to help me...
Reading the internet seems that apple doesn't provide any procedure to unlock this situation...
PLEASE!! What I have to do?
Thank
Mauro

Solved!!!!
I remove 1 bank of memory, and the PC boot in Mac os X
So I removed the password from efi.

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