Power but nothing else

Hi my PowerBook G4 does not power up, I have a green light at the connection. When I press the power button the fan starts running and nothing else happens.

Now I have tried
1, Formatting the hard drive and connecting back to the motherboard, on powering up the fans run until I pull the power lead out.
2, Unplugged the hard drive, on powering up the fans run until I pull the power lead out.
3, pulled the entire ram out, on powering up the fans run until I pull the power lead out and there is no beep to say the ram has been removed.
I am now thinking it is the logic board that has a fault????

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