Computer won't start with battery in it...

have an Aluminum 15" Powerbook G4. I have had this since 2001, when I bought it. I recently updated to OSX. I hadn't used the computer in months and when I went to try and take care of the computer and update to OS 10.4.5 I encountered a problem. When I turned it on nothing happened. I had to turn it off, hit the reset button and then plug in the computer. THe battery was dead so I expected that. But what happened next puzzled me and still does puzzle me.
I managed to get the computer on by holding in the power button. I heard the familiar start up sound(the sound splash if you will) and when that ended I heard this incredibly loud, white noise coming from my speaker. The noise occured about four times. I was in the room with my wife and mother and they both looked at me like 'what the heck was that?"
Now I thought maybe this was an issue with my one battery so I uncovered my second battery and the same thing happened. It won't start up with a battery in there. I took the battery out and found that when it seemed to turn on just fine, I managed to get online and run a complete update. When it came time for the software required restart the computer started up and didn't make any noise at all.
I guess I don't know what to do now. I ran the diagnostics on the computer, from the disk utility and it seemed to come up clean. I don't mind not having the battery in the computer but I don't always want to fix the date and time and the like.
THis is why I'm posting.
I also noticed tonight, when I was charging up the battery that I had to stop and take it with me someplace. When I went to turn it back on, with the battery in and it plugged in the noise came back on and I had to fix the date and time again.
Thanks to those who post, I really appreciate it.

not sure if this will solve your problem but you can try..
look at the battery exchange program if your battery is eligable for the replacement or take it to the local dealer so they can check if your board sound is ok.
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