Battery Monitor problems

I have a problem with battery monitor. My MacBook shows a charge of 30%, then suddenly goes into emergency sleep mode. If you plug the power in immediately, the system awakes again but the battery monitor then shows something like 7% charge.
I have done everything in the knowledge base about battery problems. Letting it completely cycle (drain), reset pram, etc. I have bought two new batteries, but both act the same. The system goes into emergency sleep mode suddenly, no warning about a low battery and it happens when the charge left according to BM is around 30%.
For me, this behaviour started with 10.5 (fresh install). Before that, the system was very reliable in this repect. It would give a ample warning. Not anymore.
I have tried everything at the hardware level. I think it is safe to conclude that it is more likely a software problem that started with 10.5. Does anybody recognize this and is there anything I could do that is not in the knowledge base already?

Thanks, but that didn't help much. The only thing resetting the SMC seemed to do was to make the battery "remaining charge" more accurate. Basically, it now tells me after unplugging with a full charge that I have 15 minutes remaining. The "battery low warning" also now appears. But my battery life is even more dismal than ever. Also, I just checked the system profile. Here's my battery stats NOW:
Manufacturer: Sony
Device name: ASMB012
Pack Lot Code: 0003
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 102a
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0303
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 263
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 473
Health Information:
Cycle count: 205
Condition: Check battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1991
Voltage (mV): 11514
Notice the full charge capacity has dropped significantly in just a couple weeks and in just 7 cycles!! This is ridiculous. Also note the amperage. A negative amperage? Odd.
As mentioned above, I used to have well over 3 hours of battery life THE DAY BEFORE I upgraded to 10.5.5. These battery problems started the second 10.5.5 was installed. As far as I'm concerned 10.5.5 killed by battery somehow. I will be calling Apple and demanding a replacement. I can't think of any other options at this point.
The other odd thing that happened after resetting the SMC was that I left the computer for a couple hours (powered on, AC) and when I cam back the screen was flashing on and off. Like the auto dim control went haywire...light, dark, light, dark, .... It returned to normal the second I moved the mouse. This is yet another oddity I never had until upgrading to 10.5.5.
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