Pronblems my macbook wont pass the apple logo

i have a macbook with the snowleopard osx 10.6.4 and my macbook wont boot past the apple logo!
i've tried pratically everything
cmdoption+pr
snowleopard dvd+c after the booting sound
cmd+v
taking of battery
taking of adpter
press the shift button after hearing the boot sound
evry single thing but it wont just past that hateful apple logo!!
the last operation i did was to cancel from my avast antivirus for mac (log system file) that was "according to the antivirus" a decompression bomb so i eliminated it directly from the source in finder library and after that pages won't just open and so i tried rebooting the system hoping it'll solve the problem but then it just keeps remaining stuck at the apple logo!!
it just stays there for about 2 days now coz i tried waiting thinking it was only slow!!
i can't take it to repair without an applecare it'll just be a **** of money!
can anyonepls help me??
i'm despirate!!

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My macbook is driving me insane now. Just recently, my macbook has occasionally flickering screen and freezes after that. Yesterday, when I was watching youtube on fullscreen, it first has flickering screen, then freezes. So I hard booted it pressing the power button. Then, when I try to restart it, it won't boot pass the apple logo no matter what.
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I've tried everything I can find online short of opening it up and send it into the oven for baking! I pray it's not a hardware problem, coz I'm no good at that. (QAQ~~~) Please help me!
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When I try to reinstall Leopard OS X 10.5 with installation disk, the macbook seems to try to read the disk, but won't boot. I've got a CD stuck in the optical drive now.
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