Constant Orange Battery Light

I had my iBook G4 plugged in and it was fully charged. Suddenly, the light turned orange and the battery slowly drained down until the computer ran out and the display went black.
The battery light is orange but I cannot get the computer to turn on. I tried the PMU reset but the computer did not do anything.
Any ideas?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Had any kind of accident happened to the iBook or the adapter before this happened?
My best guess would be that your adapter has quit working.
Do you know someone else with an iBook so you can swap adapters and see if that is the problem?

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