Hopefully you don't have as many problems w/ your eMac as I do w/ mine.

My eMac is "special".

Here is the ritual of getting it started up:

1. Cross fingers and press power button, hoping it doesn't explode.

2. When it kernel panics, restart and hold down Apple-Option-O-F

3. type "reset-nvram"

4. type "reset-all" and hold down Apple-Option-P-R as it starts up, and wait till it bongs about 5 times

5. If it kernel panics, repeat 1-4 until it turns on. If, after 20 minutes, you haven't managed to get it to work, dig out the OS X Installer Disks, and nuke the harddrive

6. By now it should turn on.

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