Battery Issues...Same As Everyone Else

So a friend of mine has the last PowerBook, the 1.67 GHz Dual Layer. She has had it into two Apple authorized repair centers and still when she pulls the power cord out it shuts down.
I looked in the System Profiler and noticed the battery had zero charge and the light on the adapter wasn't amber, just green. I put the battery in an older PowerBook and it charged for a little bit then stopped. I put it back in the original PowerBook where it wouldn't charge and it eventually kicked in and received a full charge. Then subsequently went back to it's former bad behavior.
I asked her to let me take the PowerBook into the Apple Store and talk to the Genius but she went alone and they basically sent her home saying re-install the OS. I am a computer tech and fairly Mac savvy and this being an OS issue makes no sense to me. What stories have the Apple Geniuses given everyone else? Your take on this?

When there are battery-related issues, it's typically for one of three reasons: power adapter, battery, or logic board.
There are two Apple articles that deal with this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58384
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302461
On the power adapter, if you have a multimeter, you can also check for output voltage.
You can test the logic board by using the Apple hardware test. Insert the first OS X DVD that came with the system, reboot holding the option key down, choose the Apple hardware test and follow directions.
If the power adapter checks out OK and the Apple hardware test doesn't point out any issues, then the battery is suspect.

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    3 Jun 2012 12:02:09 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleD1946PMUPowerSource: AppleUSBCableType Detached
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    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleBCMWLANBusInterfaceSdio::powerOn()
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    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleBCMWLAN Woke on same BSS:  @ 0xc0e90800, BSSID = 4c:17:eb:55:b6:eb, rssi = -61, rate = 54 (100%), channel = 11, encryption = 0x8, ap = 1, failures =  0, age = 34, ssid[ 9] = "SKY67278"
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    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleBCMWLANCore::configureWoWAssociatedExit(): Disabled the '!ICMP' packet filter
    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleBCMWLANCore::configureWoWAssociatedExit(): Disabled packet filters
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    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleD1946PMUPowerSource: AppleUSBCableDetect 0
    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleD1946PMUPowerSource: AppleUSBCableType Detached
    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleSynopsysOTGDevice::handleUSBCableDisconnect
    3 Jun 2012 12:01:24 - kernel [0] (Debug): AppleBaseband::resetDetectInterrupt with 0
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Proxy_Service
    Either way I believe this is the source of the power drain issue whilst in standby with Wi-Fi turned on, perhaps this could be a router issue and that is why the issue not hitting everyone post 5.1.1?
    All the best.

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    iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks  http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
    iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
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    http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
    Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
     Cheers, Tom

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    YareliM_VZW
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