Still Won't Start Up Mac OS X

I did the Quicktime update that came out a few days ago... When I restarted, everything went okay until the "Mac OS X" screen. It went about a half a centimeter on the progress bar in the "Mac OS X" window and then the window disappeared and I was faced by a blue screen. I tried restarting repeatedly. Same thing every time. The "Mac Os X" window disappears. The screen changes to a lighter shade of blue after a few seconds. Every few seconds, a progress wheel like the one under the apple when you first start up the computer appears, makes half a revolution, and vanishes. I have run Techtool Deluxe, Disk Utility off of the install disk (a volume had to be repaired, but as far as I can tell repairing it didn't help at all), Mac OS X Boot Utility, reset the Pram, and booted in Safe Mode as well. Mac OS X Boot Utility said that I had a memory error--the error code was "post/0/2048". Is there anything else I can do? I don't want to have to send my laptop in to Apple.
Someone said something about a "Setup Assistant" in a reply to my earlier post, what is that? Would it help?
Also, I was just wondering if any of you knew how to get a disc out of the SuperDrive outside of the actual OS?
And one more thing: I think the sound file OS X is supposed to play when it starts up is corrupted. Sometimes it doesn't play at all, and when it does it sounds like the speakers are blown out. How do I fix this?
Man, I have a lot of stuff wrong with this my computer.

Hi-
There is a known memory slot problem in certain Powerbooks. See this article.
If you can reseat the memory module, it might work long enough for you to get your disc out, test your startup, etc.

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my 2002 iMac G4 went down during a power out. won't restart. tried PMU button. still won't start. fan tries for 2 sec, but nothing

Sometimes, a replacement 1/2AA 3.6v Lithium PRAM battery is needed
to get these back into running form again, because these are one-way
and without a good battery, settings are lost or easily corrupted. And this
can contribute to a failure on startup. But that is a troubleshooting measure.
There could be another issue, although these batteries are only good for a
few years at best. A power outage can revoke any remainder of life out of it.
The take-apart is tedious and detail oriented; to include new thermal paste
and some special tools, good instructions, and some skills also help. An
ifixit.com repair guide may help; as would an original Apple Service guide.
Not sure if other good online guides or youtube video are available.
If the power supply is bad, the test ports near the PMU button are where
to check; with multi-meter. Also power supplies may develop issues with
bad capacitors. They have been said to be repairable.
Here's an older site with a take-apart from some time ago.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/imac_g4/imacg4_takeapart.html
This also would be a good time to consider, if battery is all that's failed, to
upgrade the internal RAM chip, or upgrade the hard disk drive, etc.
Good luck & happy computing!
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Hi,
I've got a 13" Macbook Pro. I had installed oovoo on it and it was working perfectly. But once I updated my MacBook to from Mac OS X 10.6.5 to 10.6.6, it won't start anymore. When I click on it, it goes into the dock, but suddenly it closes itself.
Does anybody know how I can get it running again?

Well, I just checked their website and that application hasn't been updated for some time; it still mentions "PowerPCs" in their system requirements.
So, just because something worked in 10.6.5, there may have been some improvements in the OS that your oovoo version can not support. You might want to try one fix I found on their website: They say their app does not support running in 64 bit mode. Highlight Safari in the Applications Folder and hit Command + I - check the "32 bit mode". Close window and restart Safari.
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I'ld really much prefer running windows in a bootcamp partition than through virtualization, so any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

If it won't start past the screen with the Apple logo in the center, there's something very badly wrong with your system. Try starting in safe mode (hold down the shift key at startup, starting when you hear the startup chime and letting go when you see the Apple logo). If it starts up fine then (keeping in mind it will take longer than normal to start up in this mode, so be patient), but the problem returns when you reboot normally, you have some incompatible third-party software installed. What that might be is hard to say.
If safe mode doesn't work either, your system is probably badly corrupt. Try reinstalling. Hold down command-R at startup to enter recovery mode. Once you do that, go to Disk Utility and repair the hard drive. If problems are nonexistent or fixed, quit Disk Utility and then reinstall the system. (This will simply replace the existing system files, and should leave all your other stuff alone.) If problems cannot be fixed, report back for more instructions.

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Urgent!!! 5.0.1 Still Won't Start

I upgraded from iTunes 4.9 to 5.0.1, and like many others in the group, it simply won't start. I do have digidesign software, but I did all the latest upgrades. I followed the instructions for the reinstall, but had to use the following variations. My original OSX disc got left behind in the other side of the country when I moved, so I used disk warrior to repair the HD instead. Does that do the same thing? Or do I need the original OSX disc? Also when repairing permissions, the the following permissions never got fixed:
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My iPod won't charge and start, t happened when i came home from camp. it puts the apple sign but it just stays there i tried lots of cords and still won't start, whats going on

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