How to open the CD tray in a Poserbook that does not start up?

When I start up my G5, I get the gray screen with the apple for about 3 minutes and then it shuts down. I have disconnected my peripherals, performed a safe boot and reset the pram. Now,I should insert my system disk.
This is not easy,since the machine refuses to open the tray. I have pressed the button before, after and in sync with the gong, to no avail. The tray just doesn't open.
Any ideas,please?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
No Powerbook has a G5 processor. Your subject line inquires about a Powerbook (assuming you made a simple typographical error), yet the body of your post says g5.
If it is a Powerbook G4, which it would say under the screen, then you just need to follow these directions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2179?viewlocale=en_US
If that doesn't work, and it is a 15" or 17" Powerbook G4, see if the clock battery needs replacing at an authorized service center.
Otherwise you may have a logicboard issue, or bad RAM.
Intel MacBooks and Intel MacBook Pros, are labeled under the screen too. If you are talking a desktop, that's known as either a PowerMac G5 or an iMac G5, or Intel Mac Pro, or iMac Intel Core machine. To tell those apart, see this article:
Mac Pro
PowerMac G5
are all iMac Intel Core2Duo.
iMac Intel CoreDuo and Core2Duo if the EMC# on the base says: 2104, 2105, 2110, 2114, 2118, 2111, 2133, 2134. Otherwise it is a G5.
All G4s and G5s can use the above Apple article to eject discs.
All Intel Macs can not, and may need other directions, so getting the identification of your machine precisely is important before we proceed. So please tell us what Mac model you actually have?
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