Powerbook (A1138) Dead to the  World

I read the other posts on this topic and was looking for a little bit of clarification,
I'll explain my laptops recent history:
Had to wiggle the adapter around to get the green/amber light to come on and power it up and charge battery. After going through two adapters that kept bending out of shape, the last of which was causing some smoke and I am guessing sparking, I threw laptop in a draw for 3 months.
Now armed with a new adapter, surprise surprise the laptop is totally dead. Green light won't even come on. I fiddled about with the DC port and I can get the green light to come on, but it won't charge the battery. I've managed to rig up my old 17" to charge the battery, but when put back into machine still no startup.
Even if I had a faulty DC board shouldn't the laptop still start with a fully charged battery plugged in? Would the sparking and smoking have caused damage to the logic board, and if so can this be repaired? As I'm sure you will appreciate the cost of replacing this is beyond my means.
Any thoughts or comments greatly appreciated
FYI I have tried unplugging and plugging back in PRAM battery, and the power reset.

Hi, Citygirlnz, and welcome to Apple Discussions. As you probably realize, adapters don't "keep bending out of shape" — people bend them. The traditional way to wreck an adapter's plug and/or cord is to trip over the cord, jerking the plug sideways, bending its cylindrical collar, and often breaking the solder joints between the DC-in port to which the plug connects and the DC-in board to which the port is supposed to be firmly attached. There are also many other ways to accomplish the same thing. I don't know which methods you've tried, but they've worked: both your adapter and your DC-in board seem to be ruined. You must immediately stop using the adapter that's sparking: it has broken wires in its cord that are shorting out, and it's a real fire hazard. The wires are thin, and when you jerk the cord hard enough to bend the plug, you're apt to stretch the wires past the breaking point too. Third-party AC adapters can be had for as little as $25-40 USD from Mac resellers and online vendors; Google "Powerbook G4 AC adapter" for starters, then scan the hit list for vendors in the UK.
Get a new adapter, reset your Powerbook's Power Management Unit, and if the new adapter still doesn't charge the battery, the next thing to replace is the DC-in card. To see what's involved in doing it yourself, go to this page, choose your Powerbook model, and look at the instructions for changing out the card. Good luck!

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