Laptop won't start up - I just got it

I just recieved my laptop in the mail today, and when I tried to start it up, the power would come on, and it would start to say it was loading OS X, but the blue bar would barely even move before it disappeared and just showed me the light blue screen that flickered every few moments. I let it sit there thinking mabye it was working on something, but nothing ever showed up. And I can't eject the CD thing, so it's not like I can put in the OS X Install Disk 1. What's going on?

Hi kirara,
did that happen when you tyr to start it up for the first time?
and what disk inside the optical drive (if there is any)?
Try to turn everything off, unplugged the power adapter and take off the battery, and press and hold your power button for 5 second, and put your battery back and plug the mag safe back. and restart the macbook.
If it still won't boot up, try to restart and insert the installer disk 1 right away (if there is nothing in your optical drive) and press alt/option key and select start up from disk.
If start up from disk is the only option, then your HD must be failed or corrupted and need to be repaired or replaced. Could be from rough shipment.
But since you just got it, why don't you just visit apple store or call them and ask for new replacement.
Good Luck.

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