AE won't reset, light is steady yellow, flashes green every so often

My AE won't reset... I've tried soft, hard, and factory default resets. All it does is come back on with a steady yellow light that eventually turns green for a second, then goes back to steady yellow forever. If i let it sit unplugged for a long time, I can get it to do a reset, but once i restart it after changing the settings, it starts the problem all over again.
Anybody got a clue???

Marc, I can't give you any firm advice except to carry around the MagSafe adapter with you for a while.
If the battery charge percentage isn't dropping while you are using the computer plugged in, it seems the computer is properly running off the power adapter.
The display of percentage charge may or may not be correct. It's possible that all is OK and that the battery is good and can be recharged. Remember that a battery is a disposable item, with a finite number of charge cycles. You can check the capacity of the battery from About This Mac > More Info > Hardware > Power.
The only way you are going to find out for sure is to run the computer off battery power, perhaps with another calibration cycle.
If you subsequently find that the battery, after being discharged, won't charge then there's a problem. Time to call Apple.

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