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I was playing UT2004 and it crashed. I selected ReOpen and the computer froze for over 10 minutes. So I had to hold the power button for about 10 seconds to shut it down.
Now when I go to restart I hear the start-up chime but the screen stays black. I can hear the superdrive spinning UT2004 and I think I can her the hard drive spinning as well but nothing happens. Within 2 minutes the computer seems to shut down on its own.
I have never seen this behavior before. Can anyone help?

Hi Scott,
Definitely odd behavior for a pb!
First, I'd suggest concentrating on getting that CD out of the drive, and then seeing if the pb starts up normally again. To do this, first try holding down the button on the trackpad during the startup sequence. that should force-eject all drives, and your pb may simply start up normally after that.
If that doesn't force the cd out, you might then try rebooting in open firmware, and using the eject command from there. See these instructions:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031210193237190
Once you're in open firmware, there will be instructions there on how to resume the normal boot sequence.
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