MacBook automatically shuts down, when unplugging the powercord!

My battery is %61 healthy. Today it started to shut down automatically when I unplug the powercord. I don't know what to do. I tried everything like resetting PRAM, PMU etc. But no change. The battery is now fully charged. But whenever it is unplugged from the powercord it shuts down (even if it is working). Please help!

hi Eren,
Quite a wordy post i know I have no help for you Im afraid but find this helps to talk to someone experiencing the same problems as i am very pi**ed with this.
Im having exactly the same problem as you, and just as annoyed. As you start up your macbook, with the AC adapter unplugged, does it make the 6 mechanical whirring sounds that it usually does when starting / waking up and then just cut out instantly. My battery is now 100% charged as this problem has been ongoing for the past couple of days. It has 80% health, which i think is perfectly reasonable, but obviously my mac doesn't like it. As im sure you have done, i have downloaded the apple battery patch and completed the battery configuration that apple recommends you do regularly, but to no avail. During this time my dock has also had problems as it has 'reset' itself to the factory default but cannot find some programs - highlighted by the dreaded semitransparent, grey question mark. As well as this on startup ( with the power cord inserted - of course! ) the 'finder' window decides to automatically open.............

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ryansebiz wrote:
I have a late 2008 MacBook Pro work computer. Here's the sequence of events:
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