Brand new Battery charging 10% at a time...

Hi I have a 1.3ghz with a brand new battery (not apple some chinese ebay...) and everything works fine except the battery wont charge more than 10% at a time.
After every 10% I get the not charging message, I remove then put back the battery and it starts for another 10%. It's charging all the way to 99%. And will offer reasonable time and power when I use it.
I tried reseting PMU and Nvram.... nothing.
I not sure it's a battery problem because once charged it offers great and stable power for near 5h30.
Any ideas, help, or similar seen things.
Could it be the power supply, logic board......?????
Thanks for the help!

jfmebo:
I recently purchased an eBay battery for my daughter's iBook G4 and it seems to work fine. The issue may be with this particular battery that you got. I would see if you can get it exchanged.
The other possibility is that your DC in board may be failing and not supplying continuous power the battery.
I would first get the battery exchanged. If the same behavior persists, I would look at the DC-in board.
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Enhedsnavn:          ASMB012
Pack Lot Code:          a0b0
PCB Lot Code:          c0f1
Firmware-version:          8800
Hardwarerevision:          0
Cellerevision:          0
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Resterende kapacitet (mAh):          5200
Fuldt opladt:          Ja
Oplader:          Nej
Fuld ladekapacitet (mAh):          5200
Oplysninger om batteritilstand:
Antal cykler:          1
Betingelse:          Normal
Batteri installeret:          Ja
Strømstyrke (mA):          0
Spænding (mV):          11796
Energiindstillinger til system:
AC-strømforsyning:
Interval for vågeblus for system (minutter):          30
Interval for vågeblus for disk (minutter):          10
Interval for vågeblus for skærm (minutter):          10
Genstart automatisk efter strømafbrydelse:          Nej
Afbryd vågeblus ved ændret spændingskilde:          Nej
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Afbryd vågeblus via LAN:          Ja
Aktuel strømkilde:          Ja
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PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
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Interval for vågeblus for disk (minutter):          10
Interval for vågeblus for skærm (minutter):          2
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