Mac Pro (2009) won't start, no chime, black screen

Hi,
I am having a problem with my 2009 Mac Pro. It fails to boot. There is no chime and the screen wont turn on;stays black. It wont boot off of the system dvd and I even tried installing an HD that has a good version of the the OS on it. I also tried booting from the DVD with no installed drives to rule out one of the internal drives doing someothing funky. Nothing happens at all, the HD or DVD will spin for a moment and then all is dead.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

or this one:
Troubleshooting: My computer won't turn on
If no joy, remove anything and everything that may be dragging down the power, in hopes of getting a chime. This includes graphics card, any other PCI cards, all drives, and some say all but a minimal amount of memory. Look for the chime.
If you get the chime, you can build slowly up from there. Add back graphics card and keep going. Add back memory and keep going. Add back DVD reader and boot from Installer/Utilities DVD or run the Apple Hardware Test. And so on.

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Machine-check capabilities (cpu 6) 0x0000000000000806:
panic(cpu6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 0 caller 0xIntf6a): Xeon(R) Kernel trap at 0x62 @ 2.80G0121867 , t6 e erro14=eporting banks
page fault, registers:
CR0: 0xpresent
Machine-check status 0x00819ff8, CR3: 0x
res00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0ck 0000in progress
000 error-reporting r19e6de65, EDX: 0x 00C00ca0_STATUS(000401): 0xEBP: 0x012c3a68, ESI: 0x001000000020000000 in0b1e5800
EFL: 0x00010046, EIP:405): 0x002180,00000000 00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error409): 0xx0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0xB020000000000000)invalid
IA32_MCn Ad4_STATUS(0xtential a411): 0xtack)
0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS0x12c415): 0xx21b837 (0xb200000084200e0f12c7c 0 223ce1 0x co0)
0x0e0f
Model specif2abf6a r co(0x 0x8420
Other infor1a186tion: e 0x 0x59e59a)
Threshold-based 0x12c3978 : 0xtracki2a1a78 Status bi12c3990 0xcess1f5 0xtext corru12c3a68 Error e1218674)
Uncorrected error
0x12c3988 : 0x1218674 (0xe 0x12c0048 0x12c0010 0x2b0010)
0x12c3a68 : 0x1210ee7 (0x81e0a8 0x1 0xb1e5800 0x0)
0x12c3b48 : 0x1212850 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)
0x12c3c48 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x84baa0)
0x12c3c68 : 0x225bba (0x84bf3c 0xbdc2dc19 0xf4f0 0x84bf28)
0x12c3cc8 : 0x22698c (0x1 0xb7cc7a8 0xb062c58 0x231a9a)
0x12c3d38 : 0x2275b0 (0xb7cc7c4 0xf4f1 0x12c3d58 0xffffffff)
0x12c3da8 : 0x227654 (0x4d4581 0x0 0x0 0xf3a37c0)
0x12c3dc8 : 0x4d3e3d (0x4d4581 0x1 0x4630c0 0x3e8)
0x12c3f28 : 0x4d526c (0x0 0x0 0x0 0xffffffff)
0x12c3f78 : 0x4f82fb (0xbab8d20 0xd662568 0x197b9594 0x0)
0x12c3fc8 : 0x2a251d (0xd662564 0x0 0x10 0xb41d0a0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0x120f000->0x1232fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Mail
Mac OS version:
10K549

Here you go Linc. Any help welcomed.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 289029 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 888712B1-524D-4EC5-BC22-FF5EB32D6AAB
Tue Mar 6 10:32:29 2012
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 6) 0x0000000000000806:
panic(cpu6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 0 caller 0xIntf6a): Xeon(R) Kernel trap at 0x62 @ 2.80G0121867 , t6 e erro14=eporting banks
page fault, registers:
CR0: 0xpresent
Machine-check status 0x00819ff8, CR3: 0x
res00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0ck 0000in progress
000 error-reporting r19e6de65, EDX: 0x 00C00ca0_STATUS(000401): 0xEBP: 0x012c3a68, ESI: 0x001000000020000000 in0b1e5800
EFL: 0x00010046, EIP:405): 0x002180,00000000 00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error409): 0xx0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0xB020000000000000)invalid
IA32_MCn Ad4_STATUS(0xtential a411): 0xtack)
0000000000000011 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS0x12c415): 0xx21b837 (0xb200000084200e0f12c7c 0 223ce1 0x co0)
0x0e0f
Model specif2abf6a r co(0x 0x8420
Other infor1a186tion: e 0x 0x59e59a)
Threshold-based 0x12c3978 : 0xtracki2a1a78 Status bi12c3990 0xcess1f5 0xtext corru12c3a68 Error e1218674)
Uncorrected error
0x12c3988 : 0x1218674 (0xe 0x12c0048 0x12c0010 0x2b0010)
0x12c3a68 : 0x1210ee7 (0x81e0a8 0x1 0xb1e5800 0x0)
0x12c3b48 : 0x1212850 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)
0x12c3c48 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x84baa0)
0x12c3c68 : 0x225bba (0x84bf3c 0xbdc2dc19 0xf4f0 0x84bf28)
0x12c3cc8 : 0x22698c (0x1 0xb7cc7a8 0xb062c58 0x231a9a)
0x12c3d38 : 0x2275b0 (0xb7cc7c4 0xf4f1 0x12c3d58 0xffffffff)
0x12c3da8 : 0x227654 (0x4d4581 0x0 0x0 0xf3a37c0)
0x12c3dc8 : 0x4d3e3d (0x4d4581 0x1 0x4630c0 0x3e8)
0x12c3f28 : 0x4d526c (0x0 0x0 0x0 0xffffffff)
0x12c3f78 : 0x4f82fb (0xbab8d20 0xd662568 0x197b9594 0x0)
0x12c3fc8 : 0x2a251d (0xd662564 0x0 0x10 0xb41d0a0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0x120f000->0x1232fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Mail
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 269314813764823
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my ibook G4 won't start, after you press the on key it makes a loud air sound, almost like a kernel panic sound, no screen light just the sound, it will turn off by pressing the on key again. Is there anything I can do to get it on?

Your very welcome.
You would need to apply pressure to the left side of the track pad about 2cm out. I found applying pressure to both sides of the track pad more successful. All you have to do is push down on the case, while making sure your iBook is on a flat surface. If you have someone willing to help you, you can get them to apply the pressure while you back up your files. Other methods would involve tempory repair or removal of the hard drive. If you remove the hard drive to be read by another computer, you would need a cady to put the drive into. These caddies are cheap enough. Would suggest you use a USB cady and plug your drive into that, which would act as USB external drive. I'd suggest you get a USB cady to remove your files, be careful to what operating system you have on the computer you are using to get the files off. Windows OS won't read a MAC OS X drive (extended journal format) It would need to be another Mac or a Linux PC.
If removing the hard drive is something your not to confident in doing, you could alway pay a computer repair shop to remove it for you. (Maybe they would have a USB cady for a 2.5 IDE hard )
Here is a link giving further details about this chip solder problem.
http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-do-i-get-my-broken-g4-ibook-fixed.html
Here is an example of a USB cady
http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-External-Enclosure-Case-Laptop/dp/B000FNBYKW/ref=sr _1_sc_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1338742155&sr=8-13-spell
Let's hope just applying enough pressure is enough to get your files back up.
Best of luck!

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