PowerBook G4 hangs after trying sleep mode

Hello
First at beginning: my Powerbook works since nearly 5 years without any problems (2 crashs in the first year) and I had never such a problem.
Yesterday I installed the Security patch 2006-006 (the actual) and today there was a problem (I don't know if this is connected with this patch but this was the only change).
I put a CD in the DVD-Rom. This disc was not correctly mounted. after some minutes I tried to get the disc out but all (including the output knob) fails.
After that I tried to set the Powerbook in sleep mode but then it shows onlyy a black screen and only a reset let him live again. After rebooting the CD was possible to mount. The system.log shows following lines around the event:
Oct 19 07:28:12 localhost set-hostname[424]: setting hostname to voyager.
Oct 19 07:40:21 localhost kernel: IOATAController device blocking bus.
Oct 19 07:40:34 localhost last message repeated 2 times
Oct 19 07:42:10 localhost last message repeated 3 times
Oct 19 07:42:42 localhost mDNSResponder[171]: mDNSResponder Sleeping at 1337777
Oct 19 07:42:43 localhost kernel: AppleNMI mask NMI
Jan 1 01:00:12 localhost syslogd: restart
after rebooting there is a message that teh CD was mounted correctly but there is nothing at the time the CD was inside the slot the first time:
Oct 19 07:47:11 localhost diskarbitrationd[90]: disk1s0 cd9660 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 RoPa'sMP36 /Volumes/RoPa'sMP36
I hope anyone can tell me what thiss failure means and how to prevent (or, if it comes with the new update, to correct this ...)
Best regards, Lefti
PowerBook G4 (Titanium) Mac OS X (10.3.9) old Akku (new one fails with power up)

Hi eSPee,
I tried to boot from the install disk several times already but just now once more: Held down the option key, chose the hardware test -> quick test and..system hangs after completion of the test
Have you tried running Repair Disk yet? Repair Disk: Boot from install disc (insert disc>restart>immediately hold down c key and keep holding it until you see “Preparing Installation”)>at first screen go to Installer Menu>open Disk Utility>select your HD in the panel on the left side>click Repair Disk at bottom of main window. Run this at least twice, and keep running it until it says “appears ok” twice in a row. If that doesn’t happen, you may need a stronger utility such as DiskWarrior or if the directory is damaged beyond repair, you may need to reinstall the OS, or you may have a damaged HD (repair utilities can only repair the directory structure, not the HD itself).

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