G3 won't run from battery after display replacement

The display on my ibook recently cratered. I bought a good used one and was able to replace it myself. The display now works fine but, the ibook will no longer run off the battery. If you unplug the adapter the computer instantly turns off. The approx 6 month old battery shows 0% percent charge and the ac adapter almost always glows orange. Or it shows the battery with an X and the adapter glows green. I tried an older battery and it will show 10% w/ constant glow of orange. From reading other posts this sounds like a DC board. But why after replacing the display? Did I forget to plug something in when putting it back together? I've performed the PCM reset w/ no luck.Thanks in advance.

Hey actioncam 1,
This is the official Apple line
"The battery won't charge
1. Remove any connected peripherals.
2. Try known-good power outlet.
3. Try known-good power adapter and power cord.
4. Try known-good battery.
5. Reset the power manager by pressing the key combination Control-Option-Shiftpower.
Warning: Make sure you do not hold down the "fn" key when resetting the
power manager.
Warning: Resetting the power manager will permanently remove a RAM disk, if
present, and all of its contents. You will also need to reset the date and time
(using the Date & Time control panel).
6. Replace logic board." (Right!)
Now I just had this problem with a 12" iBook G3 500 that had been sitting for a while. It wouldn't boot and the battery was dead. Now I've had this happen before and I just let it sit for a while on the adapter and then it did boot.
However it would not charge the battery and wouldn't take any of 5 extras I have around here, which were all dead.
Additionally it would suddenly go to sleep like in a matter of seconds.
(actually at second sight I should have reset the PMU at this point)
I put in a fully charged battery from a G4 and it became completely normal, even to charging a dead battery. Go figure. But I've seen it before.
Richard
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