I was cleaning up the desk top on an old power mac G4 when I restarted an got a circle with slash and the small spinning wheel under it nothing else

I received an old Power Mac G4 Quick Silver and was cleaning the desk top.  When I restarted all I got was a circle with a slash and the small spinning wheel under it...nothing else

I suppose 3.6V PRAM battery is run out , so you'd better replace it.
Or resetting PRAM could solve the problem.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US

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