My IBook G4 died, Screen goes through some colors then nothing

It was running ok, I put it to sleep, then this morning it would not turn on. Nothing. I tried taking battery out and put it in and the screen displayed, orange then green, then blue then white then black. No hard drive sound. Yery dead. Same with external power. Bot a little over 1 year ago so warantee gone. Suggestions?

Logicboard failure, prepare for a hefty bill. It could also be that you cracked one of the video chips, how do you handle it? If you pick it up by the lower left corner occasionally, this will happen, apple still hasn't admitted this is a problem, but there has been thousands.

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