Ibook G4 help please!!!

Hello everyone,
I need help with my IBOOK G4. I have power and I hear the fan and the start up sound, but it gets stuck on the gray screen with the apple in the middle and the circle spinning. I am trying to use the software restore and install disc to start it up and it won't read it. I turned it on and help down the power button and the "C" key and it still gets stuck on the gray screen. I am not concerned with saving any data or software, I just want it to turn on. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thank you.

Maybe taking out the battery and disconnecting power supply for a few minutes? Can you hear the CD drive spinning, or even trying to? Had it been acting up at all?
How old is the iBook?

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31/03/13 12:46:50.000 kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) TI ID 823f built-in: 68 bus resets in last 3 minutes.
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31/03/13 14:01:25.000 kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) TI ID 823f built-in: no valid selfIDs for more than 3 minutes after bus reset.
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