IMac G5 Sits on Blue Screen - after showing progress bar

As the title says, my iMac G5 (ALS) has now started to show the first 5% of progress on the loading screen and then stops and sits on the blue screen, with the cursor in the top-left corner. It didn't do this until I disconnected all the cables and re-inserted the power lead.
Back in March, it was sent away for what I thought was Logic Board issues, although the people who I sent it to told me it was the Power Adapter, even though it would still charge my iPod through fiirewire.
So, what should I try? I tried resetting the PRAM, but as I have a bluetooth keyboard, it didn't recognise the buttons I was holding and went back into the blue screen.

Hi. Sorry for only just coming back to this. I've kind of been fed up with the iMac going wrong twice and have been using my iBook G4 instead and kind of forgot about it.
I'll try the SMU later today (it has an internal button on my iMac version [ALS], right?)
Also, the 90 day on repairs. Is that from when I picked it up? If so, that means I have from April 14th to July 14th. If nothing else works, I'll take it to them and they can sort it.
Finally, I have a disc in my drive (Netgear router disc). Is there a way to eject them either internally or through key commands?

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