mac g5: won't start fan gets louder and louder and louder

My cd burner was'nt working so I restarted but it won't get past the "apple" symbol and the fan begins to get louder
Errol wrote on :

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My cd burner was'nt working so I restarted but it won't get past the "apple" symbol and the fan begins to get louder and louder with no response.....

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Stephen M. Adams replied on :

Errol errol@redacted.invalid writes:

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My cd burner was'nt working so I restarted but it won't get past the "apple" symbol and the fan begins to get louder and louder with no response.....

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Is there a potentially bootable CD/DVD in the drive?

Try power off, then power on and hold down the mouse button and see if a disk ejects. Be sure to keep holding the mouse button the entire time.

-Stephen