Start-up problem; PMU settings not holding.

About 1 in 3 times when I restart or shut down and restart my computer, I hear the start-up chime and the fan turns on, then the machine stalls. After pressing the PMU button the machine boots with no problem. I tried resetting the PRAM, which didn't help. The battery voltage is 3.67.
Also, I've reverted to 10.4.6, because 10.4.7 was crashing. I read that there is an issue with running two monitors with 10.4.7. This seems to be true in my case.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Hi,
I have determined that the battery was bad in spite of the fact that it's voltage was normal. Typically, bad batteries indicate slightly low voltages, not this one.
Thanks,
Trevor Monroe

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