OS 10.2 Won't boot even in safe mode

I was having problems with the Finder on my work i-book so reinstalled the OS. The first disc was fine, though the second wouldn't be recognised. Since it said that this disc could be installed later, I quite the installation and rebooted.
I went to the log-in screen and discovered that my password would not be recognised.
So I used the install disc again to reset the passwords, though didn't actually do the installation again (and since it wouldn't let me shut down properly within the Installer I had to reset the computer by just holding down the power button).
Upon restarting the password now worked, though when I logged in I got taken into Darwin. Since I didn't really know what to do I restarted again by holding down the power button.
And now nothing happens. I get to the grey screen where the apple logo is visible and the little spinny icon goes round but nothing happens after that; I've tried with and without the install discs installed (holding down c obviously) and have also tried to do a safe boot following apple's instructions with no joy.
Anyone got any further suggestions?
Many thanks,
t

Sometimes when the 'C' key doesn't work, you can try the Startup Manager described below:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178
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Jan 1 00:06:45 localhost SystemStarter: Starting internet services
Jan 1 00:06:45 localhost xinetd[274]: 274 {init_services} no services. Exiting...
Jan 1 00:06:46 localhost SystemStarter: Startup complete.
Any help would be appreciated!
G5 DP 1.8 rev 1, 160/1g/SD Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Apparently this has something to do with temp? The
machine will cold boot first thing in the morning
with no problem, but once it's been on for a couple
of minutes it will not restart (except in safe
mode).
It sounds like you have some component changing value with heat. It's hard to tell if it would be on the logic board or in the power supply though without swapping them out. It's strange it starts in safe mode though. Did you try resetting your open firmware?
Open Firmware reset: Hold the CommandOption+OF keys during startup. At the '>' prompt type:
>reset-nvram
Return
>set-defaults
Return
>reset-all
Return
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Problem with start up - won't boot. Tried safe mode, recovery mode etc.

Have also Tried Single user which just shows "error loading kernelcache" and before this reads "loading kernel cache file '\com.apple.recovery.boot\kernelcache'... And then read error ok? goes to grey screen with apple logo and no entry symbol? Any advice?
Tried all the online resources and have fond little help. Have not downloaded or Changed any settings...
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iCloud does not back up a Mac. "MacKeeper" is a scam. Apparently you have no backups at all, which means that you're in immediate danger of losing your data, if it hasn't already happened.
If you want to preserve the data on the startup drive, and it's not already backed up, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is not fully functional. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
1. Boot from the Recovery partition or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) Launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
2. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
3. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.

MacBook Pro won't boot regularly or safe mode, getting patches of black white and grey noise on screen

It was giving me video problems at first and now has pixelated black grey and white designs popping up when I turn it on. It loaded up in safe mode the other week but now it just stays at the gray apple and spinning icon.
I am posting this from an iPhone right now so I am not sure how to attach the picture I took. I will try to upload it after.

Apple store genius bar is the place to go for a definitive diagnosis. If it is the logic board, you may be in market for a replacement MBP. Unless you have some emotional attachment to that particular MBP, it may not be cost effective to repair it. (I note that yours is a pre-Unibody MBP)
If you are lucky and it is the display, you might be able to get a replacement from iFixit or Powerbook Medic for a reasonable price and do the swap yourself.
Good luck.
Ciao.

Firefox 3.5.9 won't open even in safe mode i get error message ''mozilla crash reporter'' how do i fix this?

i cant open firefox anymore! :( do i need to uninstall it?
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; Media Center PC 2.8)

i cant open firefox anymore! :( do i need to uninstall it?
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; Media Center PC 2.8)

Upgraded to Firefox 8, but now it won't open-- even in Safe Mode. It crashes upon opening.

My husband installed Firefox 8 today. Since then, he can't open Firefox - it tries to open but immediately crashes and asks to send an error report. He's researched your help pages, tried to load Firefox in Safemode, but same thing occurs. Has rebooted numerous times. He "Restored to an earlier time in the day" using Norton GoBack after uninstalling Firefox and then reinstalled it. Same exact problem occured. The restore option is no longer available.
He using a Dell PC with Windows XP3. It's not on this PC - His PC is now not working well, so if you have specific questions about his OS/add-ons, let us know. Thanks

I had the exact same problem. If you happen to have an old version of Roboform installed try closing it and then running FF. Roboform was making mine crash to the error report every time.
The newest version of Roboform does work in FF8.

Can't Boot after crash, even in safe mode!

My Mac froze while idle with Lightroom open. It may have hung while remotely copying something off an external hard drive.
But now it won't boot even in safe mode with all USB peripherals detached (including the hard drive that I might have been copying from).
In and out of safe mode, I get the same behavior. After the sound and the grey apple appear, there is also a progress bar, which I don't recal seeing before. It takes about 30 seconds and the progress bar advances about 10-15% of the way and then just power's off.
Is it the main disk drive?
This is an iMac that is several years old with all of software update applied. I don't believe that any software updates were applied recently. I assume that the 10.6.3 update was installed.
Is it the main disk drive?

I had the same problem on my MacBOOk Pro and iMac on 14th April - i had to reformat the harddisk and could restore from my Timemachine backup to the last 10.6.2 state only. Both happended after updating to 10.6.3. But my laptop was sluggish. Based on feedback, I reformatted my hard disk and carried out a fressh installation from my snow leopard disk (10.6) and updated it to 10.6.3 using the 10.6.3v1.1 combo update about a week back. The machine was definitely faster - but yesterday, the same problem reoccurred - the machine froze and would not boot even in safe mode. Repairing the hard disk using the boot CD did not work either. Just now I reinstalled Snow leopard from the OSx CD - it has replaced the OS and left all apps and data intact. I have upgraded it to 10.6.2 only.
My desktop iMac has been running without problems on 10.6.2 for the last 3 weeks. In my opinion, the problems of freezing (reported by others) and this one here are all related to boot sector corruption due to some problem in 10.6.3. There have been some reports suggesting that after 10.6.3, the CPUs are heating up more. The CPU temp was close to 70 deg C when on 10.6.3 - it maybe that some change after the update makes the processor overrun leading to this boot sector corruption - it generally happens slowly over days or weeks slowly accumulating to a break down point.
My suggestion from my experience over the last one month, is stick to 10.6.2 - don't update to 10.6.3. I am hoping Apple will fix the problems in 10.6.3 update soon.

OS 10.2 Won't boot even in safe mode

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