HP G61 Problem with Battery charging.

Dear sirs, I ve read so many posts but I couldnt find a solution so I decide to post one on my own.
I got an HP G61 and is working properly as far as it is working . The problem I have is with the battery.
If I shout down the laptop and leave it with the charger on , when I boot the laptop the battery is full 100% 
when is booted the light of power is on , the HDD light is normal and some times the charging light is on , some times is off.
I notice that lots of ppl have similar problems so what I did is that
With a multimeter I saw that power output of this power brick is fine! besides that I got three HP laptops with same power supply so I try this brick to other laptop and seems is working fine with the other laptop. I try other's laptop PSU to this one and had same problems. 
So i focus that the problem is at Battery. I download the Battery checker from HP and scan my Bat (was100% charged) and the result was OK!!! 
so the mysterious in this case is that the laptop is working properly , I try full preformance , no problem at all, just the battery runs out faster (make sence) 
So as the laptop is working the power cord is connected and there is no light on the side of the connector but there is the light ot the power on at the laptop.  As I m working with the laptop then the charging light goes on and the battery seems connected with the AC and charcging.  some times says plugged in but no charging!!! when I have the indicator of plugged and charging that might goes some seconds and then disapears and goes back to discharging mode... 
If I shout down the laptop and leave it connect it with the power brick then the charging led might be off but after a while goes on and remains on for long so seems to charging normal.... 
I know that this seems strange and crazy but this is what happens...
As far as this laptop is working properly and I m ok with its performance (as far as stays powered on) I find no reason to recycle it! 
the only annoying is that sometimes might not charge at all while is powered on and of course after a while goes off...
the battery Is an original HP battery , and if it is 100% charged , last up to 1hour and something...
hope I gave you a full image of what is going on with this machine. 
I tried also some solutions that I found on internet regarding power settings ACPI controllers etc that seems to solve problem with the microsoft power management . this had a small solution for a couple of days and then goes back to old status.( I dont know if windows restores some stages on their settings)
If there is a hardware problem at the end of the day on mobo I'd like to know it there is a chip or controller or any other component on it I can replace . (I m electronic engnr so I can replace it) I got some dead HP G61 models with broken screens etc or broken mobos 
thank you in advance
Stavros
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Hi @Polykarpos,
You have already done the troubleshooting that I would have recommended to you.  At this point you should contact HP Total Care at 1-800-474-6836 in North America or start here if you live outside of North America.
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