Charger malfunction. 65V will not work, yet 45V will (long)

okay, so i've had my 17" powerbook g4 since christmas of 2005, and it's been working fine until recently. i've gone through three chargers already, and tomorrow i'm going back to the apple store to see what's wrong. (first broke when the computer fell like a foot off the bed and landed on tha charger, bending it and breaking it, whereas the computer still worked fine, so we just bought a refurbished charger and my computer has been working fine for about a month and a half, until recently)
this is kind of a weird story, but go along with me.
the other day i was playing a game and my computer was plugged in (because the game takes so much from my battery), and it just randomly cut off on me. So i was like... okay, so i just took my uncl'es 45V charger and used that (even though a 65V is needed), just because i was not about to let my computer die and be without music.
so today we go to the apple store, and say we needed to exchange the charger out because the one we had now was busted, so we had to front the difference in getting a new one, and we got it, and i was happy.
so we get home, and i run to plug in my (almost dead) computer, and it's not working, the charger. so i change outlets three times, and nothing. the led light flickers green, then cuts off and dies. so i wait a few minutes and drag it to my uncles computer (ibook g4), and i plug it in (the new 65V charger), and it works and shows his computer as being fully charged. So then I take it and switch it to mine, and the same thing happens--- it flickers, then cuts out. So i try sticking it into my uncles computer, and nothing-- it's dead.
So I would figure that there's something wrong with my charger outlet in my computer, since it's not working, but my uncle's 45V charger works fine on mine, and charges my computer and glows orange showing that it's charging and everything, except it overheats a bit because it's not the required voltage for my computer. So I switch from the 2 prong wall thing, to the 3 prong extended cord, and still nothing. Same thing happens. It works in my uncles computer before it's plugged into my computer, then I plug it into mine, it dies, try my uncles, and it dies again. So I honestly don't know what's up, and tomorrow i'm heading up to an apple store with my computer to show them the problem and see what's happening.
But my question to you guys, would any of you know what happened? Because i'm clearly at a loss. And apple voided my warranty because of the dent near the plug, and it'll cost me like $1200 bucks to get the dent fixed and all that, so eh.
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Welcolme to the Apple discussions.
Charging issues are focused on 3 components: the power adapter, the battery and the logic board. Have you run the Apple hardware test to see if it picks up a problem in the logic board? Insert the OS X DVD that came with your system (it will say AHT Version x.x in small print on the DVD), reboot holding the option key down, choose the Apple hardware test, and follow directions. Does that provide any information?

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