IMac shuts down during start up

I installed Norton antivirus for mac, and to complete the installation I had to restart the mac. So it restarts. (Just to clarify if this does come up, I downloaded and made sure it was the official Norton page).
But it makes the opening noise, shows the apple logo for like 10 seconds. Then it shows a loading bar that fills up in about 10 seconds, then a second load bar pops up that appears for about 4 or 5 seconds, gets to about 10% full and the computer shuts itself down immediately.
It happens exactly like that every single time.
I had no issues with this computer whatsoever until this suddenly started happening.
I tried holding option button and it popped up a harddrive option. Being unable to use my mouse on this screen, my only option seemed to be to hit enter and accept, so i did. It went right back to the 2 loading bars underneath the apple logo before shutting itself down.
I tried unplugging the power cord for 15 seconds (a second time did for 30 seconds) and then back in 5 seconds (second time waited 15 seconds after that) and then starting it up. Nothing changed.
I tried holding down Command+option+P+R, the only thing that changed was the volume of the startup noise got louder (I understand the reset volume is natural with PRAM resetting).
Computer is about 2 and a half years old. I don't have much on it backed up either. Please don't criticize for this decision, I'm aware that I should have had everything backed up. But if there is ANY way possible to redeem my computer and/or its contents; I am all ears.

My keyboard for whatever reason usually keeps de-activating (just replaced batteries) halfway in the middle of startup, so the Shift key to start up in safe mode doesn't register.

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Anonymous UUID:       AB81CF7F-300F-0F23-BA20-B5C00F522753
Sun May 4 07:52:49 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800a6c020b): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x6, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.92.1/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2612
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0xffffff81dae7b410 : 0xffffff800a803e74
0xffffff81dae7b440 : 0xffffff800a803fd6
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0xffffff81dae7ba20 : 0xffffff800a7de60f
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0xffffff81dae7bc30 : 0xffffff800a7e6ce2
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually login automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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ello!
ive had my mac book pro for like a week now, and i was in firewire disk mode, transfering files when my dog walked by and tripped out the short firewire 400 cord. my g5 stated the message, "the device was not properaly disconected, and could cause damage"
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You'e right half-way and maybe some corrupt plist or interferring process you have, or even another hardware item or cable - external - even printer drivers or something that refuses or does not like sleep. Controller card?
All around I'd have to vote for Samsung 830 model. Then Intel 520. Crucial is out with x4 now (Or is it "V"?)
SSD firmware continues to be trouble. Even May-June the SandForce firmware had major issue and reason to hold off any using theirs. Reason to see if yours needed to be updated. Someone last week with m4 found they had old firmware and needed to update it.

HT3964 Imac shuts down after start up

New hard drive in Imac when I power it on goes throught the process and then it shuts down, I have new memory as well.

Your capacitors are leaking, this is a known issue with Rev A G5 iMacs, and they should be replaced, along with the logic board. Take it in and if t stays up long enough, try to clone it to an external drive to save your data. I use SuperDuper! to do this.
Let us know how you make out,

IMac shuts down during Mac OS X Bootcamp Installation PLEASE HELP!!

Hi,
Just opened my new iMac and have installed Windows XP Professional SP 2. I have inserted the Mac OS X installation disc, per the instructions, but Boot Camp won't install in Windows! It looks like it is going to copy files, but then it just shuts down all of a sudden and reboots to Windows. Once it is rebooted, there is a "critical error" message - yikes! I wish I didn't need Windows on my new Mac, but I have to have it for work. Please please please help.
Thanks

Sounds like the new iMac may not support XP. Someone was curious about XP support on MBP today also.
For my time/effort/money I'd choose Windows 7 Home Premium, probably 64-bit.
There are Apple support, tech articles and more -
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

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