GarageBand crashed, screen wen't black and my iMac won't start-up!

Hello
I was working on a new track in GarageBand and while I just imported a new audiofile the programm/iMac crashed and wen't black. There was only the indicator in front of the screen that's blinking. I've only been working on my new iMac for two weeks. I finally swithced from pc. Everything worked fine.
I tried to restart the iMac but it won't boot! The screen still stays black and the indicator is blinking.
What can I do?
iMac 20" dualcore 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.6)
iMac 20" dualcore Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Lawyer? You think some lawyer wants to take on an issue like that? Who's gonna pay for it? By the time he got rolling the repair would be done anyway. It just one of those situations. You buy a new machine and it breaks you DON'T get a new one it gets repaired.
No amount of acting like an idiot in the store at the "Mall of America" (or whatever other store you got it in somewhere in the country) is going to get you a new one. No amount of phone calling, No amount of emails. Nothing. They will simply tell you over and over its not policy to give you a new machine but rather to honor the limited warranty the machine comes with. (My experience made me purchase the extended warranty just out of fear).
If you buy the machine and it worked and then it stopped working even a day later THAT falls under the limited warranty. You wait for the repair. if it cannot be repaired for whatever reason then you get a new machine.

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