IMac won't turn on (has been shutting down abruptly in the past)

Okay, hi everyone.
I've got a second hand iMac G3. It had problems with the hard drive earlier, so that's been replaced...
In the past month and a bit my computer has been abruptly turning off (not completely, the white light of the power button is still on when this happens) with no aparant cause. The screen just goes black like turning of a TV screen and I can't do anything but turn it completely off by holding the power button.
After this happens I would try and turn it back on, almost imedeiatly, but it wouldn't turn on: The power button would light up, and blink just slightly, with a slight tick/beep sound to accompany it. This is only straight afterwards though, if I leave it for a while then boot it up, it will be fine.
A lot of the time this has happened when I've just walked away from the computer without it doing anything, other times it happens right in the middle of doing something..
I haven't followed up the problem due to not knowing what it was at first and lack of time, especially this past month since I've been away overseas.
And now it's the last time it's shut down on me. I tried to start it up again straight afterwards, and of course the power light blinked slightly along with the accompaning sound. Turned it off, tried again a bit later, still didn't work. Now when I try to turn it on I press the power button, it lights up for a second then turns off. So my computer wont turn on, and I don't know what to do.
Hope one of you guys know what the problem is.
I was looking at these threads and someone had a similar problem (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1168792&tstart=0), something about the flyback transformer I think, whatever that is. Does anyhone think this could be the problem??
Another thing. Just days ago I was having problems burning cd's (probably still am), something about error code 0x8002006D and not being able to calibrate enough laser power. I don't know if this has anything to do with it...
Thanx for putting up with me, usually it's my dad but he's asleep sick..

No Kittytom is referring to his having found that his iMac wouldn't boot right side up but would upside down. Further circuit disturbance showed that it was bad soldering on the Flyback transformer that was the problem.
Also common were bad soldering on the HV capacitors in the area of the FT. Or just bad capacitors.
If your iMac had cap problems it would exibit that behavior.
Slow breakdown in the insulation of the FT would also act like that.
Richard

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