Just about dead...

Sooooo
One of my clients has a 15" PPC Powerbook G4... most likely the very last PPC version made.
He was having trouble with it, sent it in for repair, and they weren't exactly what the problem was..... I wasn't too involved here so can't say. I do know it was not repaired.
Fast forward 3 months later, and now it's here and I'm trying to get it to work. I plugged it in, turned it on, and it started right up. I had to re-set the clock since the battery had died down. Logged into my wi-fi, surfed the net.. and more.
Now, it won't start up... it keeps going into KP.
Starting up in single user mode gets me to
"Panic- waiting here.. or something like that.
So, any ideas of how to get this puppy started? It also KP's when starting up from a CD
I'm guessing this is some kind of motherboard issue... but since it was working, I'm hoping it's something else I can figure out and get it running again..
Any ideas?

Jeffrey,
Something isn't adding up here.
When I got my MacBook Pro, it came with 2 1-Gig chips which I have, since I upgraded the memory on my Macbook Pro. I've tried one and both of those 1 Gig sticks in the PPC Powerbook, to no avail. I'm guessing the memory of the trouble Powerbook and my Macbook Pro are compatible, since they both said SDRAM DDR2, but haven't really checked on that just yet.
TiBooks take completely different RAM than ALL later Apple laptops, none of which will physically even fit in a TiBook. TiBooks have 144 pin PC133 SODIMMs, not DDR2, while all later models have a variety of 200 pin DDR2-3 modules. Thus, I'm quite sure you do not have a TiBook, and I suspect you'd be better served posting in the proper Aluminum folder. To determine which model you have, Identify PB Model.
Also, the message you describe is found only in Open Firmware. For some reason your PB is booting itself into OF. Exactly what does it do when you press return after entering mac-boot?
Try resetting your PRAM: hold down the Option+Command (Apple)PR keys, boot/restart your PB while continuing to hold down those four keys, and after you hear the startup chime for the second time, release the keys. That should reset your PRAM and resolve the issue.
If the issue persists, while you're booted into Open Firmware, just after the prompt, type in:
reset-nvram
then press return, then type in:
reset-all
and press return.
You might also want to try properly starting up in OF by booting with the command, option, o, and f keys all held down while booting, then follow directions above.
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