Bondi Blue iMac 266 wont turn on at all.

OK, WELLLLLLL, i know you guys probably see this kind of thing everyday. i looked around the forum through all those "imac wont start" pages and none help. mine seems to be a different problem. ill try to give as much info as possible.
ok, i push the main power button, it chimes, HD spins up, everything seems just fine then click click click, and the whole thing goes off (no it doesnt boot up and monitor is just off, the whole thing goes off). if i remember correctly, the power light never turned green, and if it did it was for a short time. after it does this, pressing the power button does NOTHING, no noise at all.
i have 2 other identical macs so ive done a little experimenting (the other two work flawlessly) first i tried just swapping the computer out (not the board, the whole slide out thing, cdrom, hd logic board and all) that didnt work. while i had it out, i tried the computer part from the problem mac, in the other case (the one i knew worked) it worked, but when i installed some updates and restarted, it wouldnt come back on. it did the same as the other the power button did nothing, no noise whatsoever.
so im confused as ever. seems like both parts are broken haha, the crt part AND the computer.
blah, im gonna fiddle around with it a little more see what i can do.
any ideas??? (ALSO, it says 10.2 but honestly i have no idea what os this imac has, but im pretty sure its 9.1)
iMac G3 (CRT) 266 MHz / 512K Cache/32 MB/ 6GB HD/24x CD-ROM/ RAGE PRO / 6MB SGRAM/ modem   Mac OS X (10.2.x)   Bondi Blue/Green W/E it is haha

ok well just to clarify it a little bit, i just took the board out unhooked it all removed battery memory, etc (not cpu though), put it back in, plugged it back up, hit the power button. it chimes, hard drive spins up, the light is orange the whole time, then right as the light turns solid green i hear a click and the whole thing goes off and wont turn back on. also, i tested the battery and i think its dead. would a dead battery cause all of this????

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