Start up issue with Tiger G3 Ibook

I'm running a 800mhz (I think... I know it's no more than that) G3 with the latest update to Tiger (as far as the hubby remembers...) and he had to force quit Firefox (latest update as well), and then restart the comp. During restart, the gray screen with the apple logo would appear, then the screen would go black (but still on) and nothing. He'd have a mouse...but that's it.
We do not have the start up disk for Tiger because we bought the comp off of ebay, and the seller didn't provide the tiger disk. We've had the comp for about 6 months or so with no problems at all; it's been awesome.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Hi, Stephie. to Apple Discussions.
Try adjusting the angle of the display. Does that make the display come back for you?
If not, try booting into Safe Mode. This will take quite awhile longer than a normal startup because it does a file check and repair of the hard disk.
If this works you will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, try to restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Click on the top hard drive icon in the left sidebar and note the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom right of the pane. What does it say? If it says "Verified," you should be in good shape, as far as the hard drive is concerned, at least.
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, ("Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it). What is the hard drive capacity and how much space remains available on it? Repair permissions on it.
See if you are able to do a little hard drive maintenance to help things out.
If this doesn't work, you are probably going to have to buy the retail version of Tiger in order to maintain the hard drive. Did the seller include the original system discs that came with the iBook when it was new?

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