1 Year old Battery Won't Charge

Hello,
I've had this battery for about a year and it has been working great until now. I think the battery is still good, but the computer is having a problem charging it. The light is green after chargeing for a few minutes. At the moment, the battery is at 2% but won't charge longer than 10 minutes. I thought this might be a battery calibration issue, but after running the battery down, it still won't charge longer than 10 minutes. Does anyone else have this problem and is there anything I can do to fix it.
Thanks

alan link-
If you had asked the question about whether you can use your iBook without a battery HERE instead of at the store, you would get a different story. It is different from the one you had and different from the one the Genius gave you.
The official Apple line has always been that iBooks and PowerBooks depend on the battery to buffer fluctuations in voltages. These fluctuations are common on power lines, and can also be caused by problems in the AC Adapter, such as fraying of the cord (which is very common). Because the battery is an integral part of this buffering, Apple does not recommend using an iBook or PowerBook [or probably a MacBook either, but I have not experience with those] without the battery in place.
From a practical perspective, most will run for short periods without the battery. That may be OK for bench testing and fixing up a broken iBook. The longer you run your iBook with no battery in place, the higher the likelihood that it will suffer damage from not having a battery to help buffer fluctuations in power.

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