My Powerbook won't charger nor power on...

So about a week ago, my original apple power adapter finally died out on me. My computer stayed on and worked normal with the battery in, but my battery is the original one so it doesn't hold a long charge, just abut seven minutes. The computer finally died, and sat for a week until my new charger arrived. I plugged it in and nothing happened. I let it sit for a few hours and nothing happened. It would not power on at all. NOTHING. I goggled a few things and tried to reset the... I forget what is called. I want to say the PMU? (control + command + option & power button for 5 seconds) first it worked! and powered on, but when it got to the welcome screen where you log into the user, it went to sleep. But because I couldn't get it to wake up, I took the battery out and let the whole computer die. Now it won't even turn on at all. I'm wondering if I just need to let the internal battery charge? (which is what its doing as I type this) or is it a bigger issue? The computer worked perfectly fine when the charger died. the computer just died like normal when the battery went out... but if it is something more, will I be able to get all my information out ? such as files and music? I'm a college student and I had a very important paper stuck inside, how can I remove it? Should I buy a new battery and try that? please help.
my powerbook is the powerbook G4 15" alum..

First, what you've described is a power problem, not one which would affect your files, papers, or music. Your data should be safe on the internal hard drive. If the system, for some reason, can't be made to work, you can always take the hard drive out, put it into an external enclosure and read it from another system. So don't lose sleep over your data.
Next, there are 4 basic components (4.5 if you count the PRAM battery) that affect the power: the power adapter, the DC-in card, the battery, and the logic board. So, how do you know the new power adapter is working? Is the ring around the end that plugs into the power book orange or green or something else? If the power adapter is good, and the DC-in card and logic board are good, you can run the system without a battery. Have you tried that?
If your confident the new power adapter is good, and the system won't run, the DC-in card could have died or the logic board could have a glitch. Unfortunately, there's no test, so you have to replace components until it's fixed. When I had a Powerbook stop charging, the Apple store, after determining the power adapter and battery were good, replaced the DC-in card, which didn't fix the problem, then replaced the logic board, which did fix the problem.
Do you know anyone else with Powerbook, so you could verify that the new power adapter does work? Or borrow a battery to see if a charged battery makes a difference?

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