Powerbook G4 goes to sleep while starting up.

My Powerbook G4 won't start up. It gets to the screen where the blue bar starts filling across. It gets usually less than half way and then goes to sleep.
The only way to get any response is to disconnect all power and then start over again. I have tried resetting things by holding down various keys and starting up- all of the different variations that are on the different support pages, but I always get the same result.
Please help.

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I was hoping someone can pinpoint my problem and help me fix it.
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1) The battery is being charged.
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