IBook G4 with red light on charger

Hello,
I have this problem of starting up my iBook G4. It doesn't turn on at all when I press the power button.
At first, I thought it was low on battery. So, I charged it and the red light is on no matter how long I charged it. May I know what does the red light represents?
Does anyone encounter this problem?
Thanks in advance, guys.
Regards
Yee
Message was edited by: p34nutz

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
I don't know if this will even be relevant to your situation, but there is an article which talks about the red light with regard to powerbooks:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18241
One question would be whether this battery and charger worked properly in the past, or if one of them has been replaced. The article made it sound like some batteries and chargers do not work together, and if you replaced one or the other, there might be some incompatibility.
Hopefully someone who really knows about this will post back. I don't have any personal experience with this--I just remember reading about it in this article.
Good luck!

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