Ibook cycles from sleep to wake (only when closed and charging)

I have been having an issue with my 12' iBook g4 for about 6 months or so. It will operate just fine on battery power, but when I plug it in it will start to act up. The screen will flicker as it charges for a few seconds, then it stops charging. Then it starts, stops, starts, stops. I have found that it happens when the battery is lower (under 20%) and if I turn the backlight down or off that it will charge for a few seconds longer each cycle.
In addition to this if I close the computer when it is charging it will not sleep, just cycle back and forth. The only fix I have found it to leave the lid open and put it to sleep from the apple menu. As long as it is open it charges fine.
I now have a new macbook, but I wanted to sell this one and would rather not have this problem. Any ideas?

Have you tried resetting the PMU?
Also for the problem with it not sleeping properly while closed, if you are still seeing this behavior after resetting the PMU, try removing the keyboard and replacing it again. Sometimes this happens if the keyboard is not properly seated.

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