Ibook G3 will not start at all

I downloaded OS X 4.11 and Quicktime updates a few days back. The computer rebooted after installation, and I used it for a few more hours then shut down. Since then, it won\t turn on at all. No chimes, no grey or blue screen--just no response. I have tried most of the solutions suggested on these pages: taking out the battery <which is fully charged>, resetting PRAM and PMU, various keyboard combinations--but nothing has worked. Of course the computer is not under warranty and I am overseas in Turkey, so I'm skeptical about getting any hardware fixed from here. Any help you could offer would be appreciated. For now I am just resigned to waiting several days and hoping it works again...

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Resetting the PMU does work for some people. It is the first troubleshooting measure an Authorized Apple Service Provider would do (or recommend), so recommending it here is absolutely a proper thing to suggest.
If it doesn't work, that's too bad, but if, as sometimes, it does, hooray! We would be remiss in not suggesting that people with various problems try it, since it can be a solution for many problems.
Just because it didn't work for you doesn't mean that we should stop suggesting it to others for whom it may, indeed, work.

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