white screen with apple sign try to connect but wont open

Hi debicioffi,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

If your computer won't start up normally, you may need to use a disk repair utility to fix the issue.

For more information on this, take a look at this article:

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1417

Best of luck,

Mario