Mac OS 10.3 is HOSED ...Please HELP!

ok my friend has an iMac G5 and the OS refuses to load.
at first start-up screen was very fuzzy-colorful pixellated.
we've restarted many times...the white screen gray apple got clearer and clearer everytime. then the startup screen would load and then a black multi-lingual screen says to restart. the more we restarted, the better it got. we got the desktop to load once or twice (it still looked fuzzy) and then it gave us the restart message.
my question is: if i can get to the desktop to load what should i try to do? load the OSX install disc? run an erase on Disk Utility? is there a key i can hold to load the computer in a different way to manipulate these things (would need further inst.) Please suggest ANYTHING...they need their computer and i love to learn ......
PS no Apple Care

I couldn't end up fixing the iMac myself, but it did qualify for repair.
http://www.apple.com/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/
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