IMac won't boot have tried almost everything!

Ok so my iMac (Leopard) is literally 3 months old when I try to start it up, it chimes, then gets to the gray screen with the apple and spinning wheel and there it sits. I tried to reinstall the OS and after reaching a certain point it said it couldn't finish installation and now not only can I not boot to the install disk anymore, I also can't get the disk out! I've tried booting in target disk mode and resetting the pram and nothing seems to work. Please help if you can.

If your machine is only three months old, it is an intel, and also is under warranty, so you should call Apple. You can also post to the [intel forum|http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1110] and see if anyone there can help.

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