Dual G4 won't turn on. Power button just blinks

Hi everyone, first off I'd like to say that I know there are a number of similar posts to this but I read many of them and I think mine is a little different.
Earlier today my Dual 1.42 G4 powermac was on and was in the screen saver. I pressed the sleep button on my Apple 23" display and nothing happened. I waited about ten seconds and, needing to leave, pressed it again and left. Well, I returned now and found the computer was off. I pressed the power button on the display and nothing happened. It just blinked. I then pressed the power button the computer and it did the same, just blinked for a second.
I just followed Texas Mac Man's directions from other post by unplugging the power cable and removing the battery. Waited ten mins and tried power it up and nothing happened. Same issue. There are no start up chimes/beeps and the fans do not spin up.
I also found a link that showed how some powermac's power button go bad and that a usb keyboard with a power button can start it up. My display has a power button and it couldn't turn the computer on so this isn't my issue, right?
Some info about the comp: Dual 1.42, OS 10.5, everything stock except a ram stick I added three years ago. Thanks for your help in advance and can't wait to get this old champ running again.

I debated starting yet another "my G4 won't start" thread since my problem is more similar to Tammy in MO's.
My Dual 1 Ghz G4 (Mirrored Door) won't start up when I press the power button. The power button usually does not light up upon touch. The computer does not shut down on me when I am working on it.
The only way to get it to start up again is to unplug the power cord from the back of the computer for a minute or two (not long at all) and then plug it back in again. If I do this, I can run the computer all day without any problems. Once it goes to sleep or shuts down, then I have to unplug it again and start over.
I have done the following:
Replaced the battery.
Reset the PRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Reset the PMU:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939?viewlocale=en_US
as well as done the PSU test:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9301520&#9301520
This last test yielded no voltage results, best I can tell.
Truth be told, I don't think I did the PSU test properly since the ends of my voltage tester are probably a bit too large to properly test the pins.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4280/fw800pinout.png
I even tried to discharge the power from the logic board:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=582223#582223
BTW: The red led on the logic board does come on and stay on when the unit is powered up and running.
I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else, and if anyone knew how to solve the problem.
At this point since this machine is relegated to my wife and kids so for me it's more annoying than anything else. Any other suggestions or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Chris

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