Battery isn't charging nor is power light

I'm in a pickle. My current 14" iBook battery is about dead. It only holds for about 30 minutes. Over the weekend it simply stopped charging more than 66% and the iBook power light isn't even catching that it's charging or not charging. Giving me a green light all the time.
I had a new battery arrive last Thursday, but the exterior plastic was cut wrong so it wouldn't fit into the battery slot. That was returned, but they have no idea when new 14" iBook G4 batteries will come in. Not even a clue.
Is it safe to keep the dying or dead battery in the iBook or should it be removed leaving the bottom exposed?
Mike

Some people have reported reviving the battery by starting up in Open Firmware and resetting the PRAM and NVRAM there.
Start up into Open Firmware by pressing and holding the Command-Option-O-F key combination during startup.
At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-nvram
Press Return.
When prompted for your password, enter it and press the Return key.
It responds OK.
At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-all
Press Return.
The reset-all command should restart your Mac. If so, you have successfully reset the Open Firmware settings. (This procedure has been reported to breathe life back into a dead battery.)

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