Emac will not turn on (lights flash)

today when i turned my eMac on it was fine then it said to shut off so i did. When i turnedi t back on the little white light just flashed
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Hi patty b,
A couple of questions to clarify where you stand....
1. I notice that by your computer specs in your topic that you are running 10.0.x Is this correct? It just struck me as odd that an eMac 1.25 Ghz G4 would have 10.0.x installed and not at least 10.2. Jaguar. This can matter when troubleshooting your problem.
2. By your topic it sounds as if you experienced a Kernel Panic when "it said to shut off". When you tried to turn it back on you say that the "littel white light just flashed". Can you clarify? I assume you are referring to the power light on the front of the eMac? Would you say the the light is flashing or pulsing? I ask this as a pulsing light is indicative of the computer sleeping. You topic sounds more as if the light is rapidly flashing?
3. Can you let us know if you had (near the time of this occurence) changed anything in regards to your computer or system software? As well as you can remember can you remember what you were doing with the computer at the time? Such as having multiple/many applications open at one time.
All this info will build a better picture of the state of your computer then/now to help better troubleshoot.
best,
littleshoulders [:-)

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