MacBook does not "see" the battery. Poweradapter won't charge it ..

Hello, my Macs seem to be at war with me. Today, it's my MacBook playing up. I plugged it in this morning and was surprised to find that it switched off the moment I took the poweradapter out. I then realized that it only works when powered off the power adapter. "No battery" is what the computer thought. I took the battery out and put it in again but nothing changed. I switched the computer off and on again and it nows recognizes that a battery is in but it shows me that it is at 0% and says that "battery is not charging". The power adapter is attached at all times .... It is an older computer (end of 2006), perhaps an old battery, but hey .. is it normal for things to go so out of order from a moment to moment?

Hi, m.g.h. Have you ever tried a different, known-good AC adapter, just to eliminate the possibility that the problem resides there? If you plug the adapter in and the adapter ringlight glows green, turn the Powerbook over and press the button on the battery. The lights on the battery should glow green and stay on if the adapter is working correctly.
I don't see the Battery Info in "About this Mac..." (it's not listed at all; is this because I'm in OS 10.3.9...?
Yes, it is. That info doesn't appear in Panther's System Profiler, so you were right to check it in Terminal.
Your battery is obviously connected to the Powerbook, given the Terminal readouts. That being the case, it would seem that the possible causes include a bad (though new) battery; a bad PMU; a bad DC-In board, if you have a DVI Tibook; and a bad AC adapter.

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