IMac g5 wont turn back on

Yesterday my iMac processor fan was spinning really loud so I shut down and I was going to give it a couple minutes to cool down. The fan stayed on for like a minute after it completely shutdown. When it was done, I tryed to turn it back on and nothing would happen.
It had stopped working before and I brought it into an Apple store. They replaced the motherboard and the power supply (so they told me) as it was eligible for repair under some recall thing. Shortly after I was upgrading the RAM and I noticed how poorly is was put back together. There was some missing screws and on the power supply there was three screws that was to hold it down but where just set in there and wherent tightened. It was clear it was poorly put back together and I wasnt that happy. I didnt make a fuss about it cause my mac was working again.
I put alot of money in to this mac and I dont need a new one. Its even running leopard! But it was just working fine less than a day ago and theres no reason I see that it shouldnt be working now. If this is because of what apple did to it when I brought it in for repairs then I want them to fix it back and do a proper job this time.
This mac needs to be fixed because its my main computer. It has all my music and pictures that I cant lose. Im a mac lover and after using this same computer both my sister and my brother bought macs. Im not going to go with anything else but this needs to be fixed.
If anybody knows what I should do or who I should call or someway to fix on my own without having to bring it back in to come back in even worse condition, any help will be appriciated. Thanks.

i forgot about this post. well my mac was fixed and im not happy about the service i received. i brought it into the apple store. they told me it was three year and a half years old so it wasnt covered under any warranty or repair program. they said they think its power supply and they would replace it and if it wasnt that they wouldnt charge for it. they called me a couple days later and said it was the logic board and it would cost $499. like 10/15 minutes after that they called again and said it was working and it was just the power supply. my brothers and my guess was they mixed up the original and new power supply and when they went to put the original power supply back in they put in the new one. ive yet to see good repair service from apple. maybe its just at this apple store. i dont plan to go back to that apple store. if i do go to another and get crappy service again i might not be buying from apple again.

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Labor                  $145
Total                     $314
Applecare             ($122)
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