Power surge - ibook g4 DEAD!

Hi, my whole block had a power outage last night. Now my g4 is dead. The battery lights up green and so does the ring around the charger, but it will not start up at all. I've taken the battery out, unplugged the charger, let it sit for a while and then plugged
I understand the next step is to find the CUDA button and reset it, but how do I find this? Seriously, I've looked it up on a million different sites and no explanations are given. Do I need to open up the iBook g4 with screws??! someone please explain to me how to do this, as I have no time to go to the mac store and am illegally posting this from my job.
Thanks!

Hey Userplan9 (From Outer Space?) and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
I understand the next step is to find the CUDA button and reset it, but how do I find this?
In the iBook this function is called the PMU. Here's Apples site on how to reset it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431
Richard
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