Ibook will not startup

white ibook with OS10.2 about 2004. (I've reset the PMU and the PRAM - ibook is plugged into power) When I try to start up all I get is the apple with the rotating circle going but nothing further on start up. Can anyone let me know why I can not start up? (The cpu kept asking for the password and the main password over and over before this happened)??

Between the possible sources of trouble in the computer, in question, of these
one more difficult problem may be with the logic board or perhaps the hard disk
drive. There also is a control circuit on the board that allows the optical drive
and hard disk drive to boot the computer.
Given the possibility of some hardware failure, the computer may need to be
seen by an expert; be it via mail or parcel service to a company who is a
product specialist, such as wegenermedia.com, or another one where they
may take some time & not know what it is they are dealing with. As you pay.
While I have had good experience with the noted specialist, a long ways away,
I can't say what may be wrong with your computer at this point.
When attempting to start the computer into FireWire Target Disk Mode, did
the iBook's display show a large orange FireWire logo on the screen? It has
to get to this point, before you would attach the FireWire cable to it, and then
plug the other end of that cable into a working Mac with correct FW ports.
At that point, you would see a FireWire icon on the healthy computer's desk-
top and that would represent your iBook, seen as an external FW hard drive.
If the computer cannot boot in FW TDM, then there may be more wrong with
it. And IF you only tried to boot it that way one time, an error may have
occurred; so read through instructions, and try again. Doing the troubleshoot
effort can save you money. Just like learning preventative care can, too.
A product specialist who can give you an estimate, and test the computer,
at a reasonable charge and offer correct parts to fix it at-cost while it is
apart, is sometimes harder to come by; that is why I tried wegenermedia
to have them repair my older iBook white computer. Although I did sell it
the next owner still uses it, and that is a 2001 model.
Of course, a newer model is always alluring. I could be talked into some
new Intel-based 'Book; of course paying for it may slow my desire some.
Good luck & happy computing!

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
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You will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, ("Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it). Repair permissions on it.
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