No way to startup my new iMac, any ideas?

I've, finally, received my new iMac (Cored Duo - 1.83 - 512 MB) on Friday evening and right after pulling it off from the package and pressing the power button, the screen stays dark, power light turns on solid, and a bit of quite normal noise can be heard coming from the iMac.
I've tried everything to resolve this big problem:
- reset SMU
- attempted apple hardware test boot
- attempted to reset pram
- attempted to boot from Mac OS X DVD
- changed power cable and power socket
I couldn't get it to boot properly from any media. It seems really a DOA unit. So I'm expecting AppleStore will exchange my units asap. This is the second Mac I've bought and received as a DOA (the firse was a Titanium which has been exchanged without problems by AppleStore) in about 20 Macs bought in my life. I still love Apple.
BTW, any idea to resolve this problem without sending it back to Apple? I've waited many days to receive it and now it doesn't work at all.
Thanks
iMac Core Duo 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

You could attempt the sledge hammer method, but then you might have a little problem exchanging it
Glor

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