Mac shows symbols and takes a long time to start. HELP!!!

When i start my mac it shows me a strange symbol in a grey screen..
It looks like the symbol from the network ( that round blue circle)
Only it goes on and off the whole time.
and it takes ages to start the mac.
And after that is one is gone another one shows up.
this one looks like a map with the finder symbol in it..
and it repeats together with a question mark.
it all started when we changed our internetprovider.
What is it and how can i fix it?
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
emac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

shubs,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
You're seeing the NetBoot symbol; somehow, your Mac thinks it's supposed to boot off an unavailable network volume. The startup attempt will eventually time out and go on to the next devices it thinks it's supposed to try to boot from, until it eventually reaches your hard drive.
If your Mac is currently booted to the hard drive and usable, go to System Preferences> Startup Disk and select your hard drive's OS X System.
if the eMac is currently off, you can start it while holding down the 'x' key to force it to try to boot from the hard drive (more strictly, from an OS X System on the first partition of the hard drive).
Another option is to reset PRAM (which includes resetting the boot volume setting) by holding down command-option-p-r at startup until you hear three sets of chimes, then release the keys.
Once the startup disk is cleared up, you should go through the various System Preferences settings and make sure everything else is the way you want.

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