I have an iMac that turns on but won't do anything...just constantly try's to load. I put the install disc in and no prompts are coming on the screen

I don't know what's wrong with my iMac...it turns on but doesn't allow me to do ANYTHING. And the wireless keyboard won't connect to allow me to eject the installation disc

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Do you press the keyboard after the startup sound? To eject the disc, press the mouse after the startup sound, and to start from the DVD, press C key after the startup sound

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Hi all! Before posting I made sure to read as much as I can in this forum & various sites so that I won't be repeating a previous post. So I apologize in advance if I do. So on to my problem…
When I press the power button on my iMac G5, the chimes go off, but the screen stays black. Then after a few minutes, the fan goes full blast. Here are the different things I've done.
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dapnoyqpid,
So everyone has given you very good diagnosis and repair paths. If you look at Jim Warholics site and determine that you have bad capacitors. (Be aware that just a tiny bit of doming will indicate a bad capacitor.)
So if after you survey all the capacitors in your iMac you find that you have just a few bad ones you can buy the kit from Jim and attempt your own repair.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2287036&start=0&tstart=0
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Here's some pictures:
http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll306/spudnuty/iMac%20G5%20capacitor%20repair /
Turned out these caps had to lay down since they were in the area where the spring loaded box where the foot attaches.
Those two iMacs are now back in action and ready for the summer camp video students.
The one with the 12 bad caps is now at the back of my "to be repaired" area waiting for a day when I'm really bored with nothing to do.
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Richard
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