Why does my macbook stay stuck after turn on?

Hi, last night when I turned on my macbook pro it was stuck, I could see the screen with the icons but when I clicked on them nothing happened, I couldn't make it react, I couldn't click on anything. It took me 10 minutes to make it work. The same happened this morning, and only after a while I plugged it to the power and I closed the display, then opened it again and only after that it worked. please help, I don't know what is wrong.

Hello tjk,
I already tried with all the troubleshooting solutions in the book, let me tell you all the mac's symptoms because when I was reading the article there are some things that don't fit in with what's happening with mine.
My computer does turn on, it doesn't take long for the screen to appear, but once I can see all the icons and menus, I can't make things pop up, I am able to move the arrow around but when I click on the icons or menus, nothing happens. On the keyboard, the only thing I can make work is the caps lock, and I know it because the light turns on and off when I click it, but pressing alt+command+esc doesn't help because it doesn't respond, the light on the keyboard doesn't respond to regulations with the keyboard, the sound doesn't go up or down either. But, the internet connection is fine, because I can see the icon move when it logs on and the battery charges fine, because I can see the inside of the battery icon change when it detects the power cord, and the clock works just fine. After about 10 mins of letting it rest things beggin to work, I can open any program, but if I open more than 4 safari tabs after a little while it freezes, it also happens when I try to open Youtube, then I have to turn it off by pressing the power button down because alt+command+esc doesnt work, I also tried to restart yesterday and things worked exactly the same, it didn't respond till after about 10 mins.

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4 beeps = no good boot images.
5 beeps = processor is not usable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538

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You are most welcome

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2.4 GHz intel Core2 Duo
4BB 1067 MHz DDR3
OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
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Cheers
Kerry

KaiDonald wrote:
... does Apple products work much better with using Apple routers?
While a genuine Apple router is likely to result in success, the reason for having one instead of another product is that it eliminates a lot of uncertainty. For example, we do not know the model D-Link product you have so no one is in position to speculate what the problem might be. Also, it makes support on this forum easier since there are only three AirPort models to choose from and they all work more or less the same.
Generally speaking your iPods, iPads, MacBooks, and AppleTV ought to work with any router though, provided it is fairly recent and meets accepted industry standards. If in doubt you can purchase an AirPort Base Station, which comes with 90 days of free telephone support. If it does not result in any improvement for you, you can always return it for a complete refund. The return period is 14 days and be sure to keep all material - receipt, box, manuals, etc...
If you elect this option be sure to follow its installation instructions, the most important of which is to power down your modem prior to connecting the AirPort Extreme, Express, or Time Capsule. All your other equipment will need their network settings adjusted to "forget" the D-Link network and connect to the new one.

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