Start up problem and temporary solution

my 2 year old ibook g4 has been shutting down randomly for past several weeks. i tried holding down the power button and apple keys. this only resulted in the fan blowing and no start up sound. i also tried holding down the applepr keys based on what the help book suggested. this didn't work either.
here's what's works to start up my ibook. i read in one of these dicussions that if you sqeeze/press firmly on the left side of the track pad the computer will start. i tried it and voila it works!
the problem now is that it still shuts down after a day or two of being on all day. to get it to start quickly after a crash i've been pressing my elbow into the left side next to the track pad. this works all the time for now but if i move my elbow computer crashes. hence i am now typing with one finger while pressing my elbow into left side next to track pad!
i spoke to apple support and they said it seems to be a hardware issue. i didnt buy apple care so now i will have to find extra money that i don't have to fix this.
is anyone else having this problem? is there an inexpensive way to fix this? what is below the left side of the track pad that is causing this problem?
please help my elbow is sore!

If the safe boot worked well and a restart produced the same adverse symptoms suggests a problem caused by a third party application. If you delete all third party items and reinstall them systematically, you might be able to find the 'trouble maker'.
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