Batteries from full charge to zero in 30 seconds

Question

Powerbooks been running fine but yesterday when turned on it started to boot but then went to sleep. Inserted power lead and continued booting - battery had no charge. regarded battery got all four lights on booted again and same thing battery fully drained while booting. down to one light.
Then tried an old battery (which used to last half hour or so) charged (4 lights) took out battery (still 4 lights). boot with power lead in and once running disconnected power supply battery goes from 100% to 0% in 30 seconds.
Any ideas?
Cheers

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply I've reset pmu to see if that helps. old battery which held little charge had a full charge rating of 65515mAh and a mA of -1430 which both seem odd. Any how the newer bat is as follows after pmu reset: (below)
It's not running down as fast as it was but is still dropping quick.
Interestingly (or not) the battery on my mac pros raid card has just started kicking up a charge fault. Wonder if the recent system update may have battery issues in general?
Battery Information:
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 2253
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 2354
Health Information:
Cycle count: 510
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1327
Voltage (mV): 15083
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
Reduce Processor Speed: No
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 2
Reduce Processor Speed: No
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: No
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
Clamshell Closed: No
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 0
Connected: No
Charging: No