Macbook won't turn on when connected to ac, magsafe light green

Hi all, so I've seen a number of similar issues but none with symptoms quite like mine, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction here. Here are the symptoms I've been experiencing lately on my MacBook pro purchased in '08:
-macbook will not turn on when connected to power adapter, regardless of whether or not the battery is in
-the LED indicator light on the magsafe adapter is green, even though the battery is currently dead
....it should also be mentioned that this current battery (my second one) is less than a year old.
With similar issues, it typically turns out to be a fried DC board, however since there is always a BRIGHT green light present on the magsafe this would lead me
to believe that there is in fact a power exchange between the two devices, correct?
I've already tried disconnecting the power source, taking out the battery, holding down the power button for 10 seconds then reconnecting the power source THEN the battery but to no avail. When I've encountered this problem in the past I've just reconnected the adapter a number of times until it finally turns amber, at which point I am able to power on the MacBook after the battery charges for a few minutes. Today I've been trying to get this to work for almost 5 hours and the magsafe LED remains green and the MacBook unresponsive! Somebody pease help!

Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

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