Are you using the button on the computer's front panel or do you have the older USB keyboard that has a power button? If you are trying the panel button with no joy, try the button on the keyboard if present.
Sometimes the button on the G4 front panel get wonky and either stops working or must be pushed a certain way to activate. Try pressing the edges of the button instead of the center, usually at the diagonals--10, 2, 4, and 8 o'clock.
The USB keyboards with a power button were model M2452. They may predate your G4-DA but the timing was close enough I thought it worth mentioning. The power button on such a keyboard will override a failed button on the case.