Mac Mini won't boot

[BigDaddy]

First of all, let me say that I am complete noob to the Mac world.
I can work on pc's all day long, but am lost with any Mac stuff.

My friend asked me if I would clean up her Mac Mini.
I told her that I didn't know anything about Macs but
I am always willing to learn.

I connect the mac mini up with its power supply
and a usb PC keyboard and a usb PC mouse.

At boot up, the apple logo comes up and then it stop
it shows
-sh: /etc/profile: is a directory
-sh-2.05b#

If I press a key it will start throwing out errors.

AppleUSBOHCI[0x1355000]::MakeDevice error
setting address... then several more errors
stating the same but then says releasing device.

Any help would greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

BD

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome,

was it working when you got it ?

Have you done anything or just plugged in ?

regards

Ric

 

[BigDaddy]

Hi there and welcome,

was it working when you got it ?

Have you done anything or just plugged in ?

regards

Ric

Ric,

This is the first time I even tried to boot it up.
The way they talked, it was working , and they
just wanted it cleaned up.
All I did, was plug in the power supply
a usb mouse and a usb keyboard.

Thanks for your time!


BD