G5 Dual 2.5 gets to grey apple screen... then locks !

power supply is good, running through a APC power backup. power button & light come on. video comes on. everything is disconnected except for original keyboard & mouse & monitor.
it gets to the grey apple start up screen... then LOCKS. the little spinning 'flower' never shows up. then the fans slowly increase.
i have to hold down the power button for 5 seconds to shut-down. i've tried keyboard startup tricks, but the power to the keyboard & mouse seem to get CUT... i can't even boot from a CD.
going to try to replace the lithium battery first.
any other suggestions ??
powermac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

You may be able to open the drive and boot from the system disc if you hold down the mouse button on restart. If this doesn't work, slide down the silver optical drive gate and insert a strong, straightened paper clip in the emergency eject hole shown in Figure 3 here (you don't have to remove the drive)(it is a mechanical release, so you will have to slide the tray out by hand)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88215

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