Trouble Starting up! Help!

So one day my Ibook G4 just crashed and I tried restarting it and nothing. It would go to the Apple logo and the little spinner would spin and just freeze. Then I would restart it from there and the screen would be black and then change to white... So I came on the boards and tried resetting the power settings...that didn't work. Thought maybe my hard drive was gone because it would make a loud fan noise at start up as well. So I see the whole thing about holding the left side of the computer down and I tried starting it and it worked. I saw my desktop but the only problem is that the mouse and the keyboard was not working. So I restarted it and it did the same stuff again and wouldn't bring everything up. I tried the utility disk but it would just say loading and stop. Can someone help me out on what I should do next?

Hello,
just came across your cry for help and we MAY have the same weird problem ... please read my thread (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3703256#3703256)
and I will try your funny "trick" on my iBook, since that is surely something I didn't come up with yet.
Stay in touch to find out more. Do you have new information?
Regards Ron
PS: The loud fan coming on right before a regular boot is actually normal, its a sort of test run. Don't think this has much do do with the problem.
iBook G4 / G4 Dual 1,25 GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9) "An Apple A Day Keeps The PC Away!"

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if you infact have the MAC PRO desktop computer, then post your question here https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers/mac_pro
or tell us what OS you're on and which Mac Pro you have. (however the link is the mac pro discussions of this site and you may have better responses there).

ITunes displays a message saying this ipod cannot be used because the apple mobile device service is not started. Help?

iTunes displays a message saying this ipod cannot be used because the apple mobile device service is not started. Help?

Try here:
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows

G5 iMac won't start! Help needed.

Got a new intel iMac. Gave my husband my old G5 iMac (not intel). It was working perfectly. For some reason unknown to me, he decided he was going to reinstall everything from scratch so he grabbed the first disk he saw and put it in the computer. It was the startup disk for an intel computer & NOT for the iMac G5.
Did he fry the computer? It won't start up. Keypad & mouse won't respond.
The screen can't find the driver (no surprise) and says "panic: we are hanging here...." I can't get the disk out of the drive. Service contract is up. Is there a way I can connect my laptop to it and get it to respond & spit out that intel disk? Perhaps if I open the cover up, I can into the CD drive and get the disk out. All ideas appreciated.

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J.C posted "Re: G5 iMac won't start! Help needed." on Feb 4, 2008 4:53:20 PM.
Hi Mel Kev
Have you tried holding down the left mouse button when you turn the computer on. Holding down the left mouse button should force eject the disk.
Hope this helps
J.C
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And it WORKED! (I really wasn't in the mood to do surgery on the computer this evening). Thanks all!!! You are awesome!
Now, if I can just find the original installation disks.... They are in this drawer somewhere....

G60-533CL Laptop won't start. HELP!

Hi, all -
My kids received a G60-533CL laptop with Windows 7 for Christmas. While playing Zoo Tycoon on it this afternoon, the computer suddenly shut down. When the power button is pressed, the little power light (middle lightning bolt LED on the bottom left of the keyboard) flashes three times, then nothing. Won't start at all. I've tried holding the button in for 10 seconds, removing the battery, and checked power connections. I can't get it to start.
Help!
Thanks,
Scott

Hi Bliorg, sounds like a memory problem; the blink codes are telling you something's wrong with the memory.
Codes explained here Read this document for more information.
Try re-seating your memory.
Good Luck! and let us know how this turns out.
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