Macbook won't work without charger

Hello, I have a late '08 macbook. Originally I had problems with the screen dimming and I took it to a licensed mac repair place and they fixed that. Then shortly afterward the mac wouldn't work unless it was plugged into the charger. At that point I bought a new battery, new charger and updated to 10.7.5. Now the laptop still won't work without the charger. I have tried the trick where you turn off the laptop unplug it and take out the battery hold down power for 5 seconds and then plug in the charger first then the battery. I realize there must be something wrong besides the charger or battery but I'm wondering if anyone has an idea and how much it might cost to fix.
This happened a year or so ago but this is the first time I will need to use it in a situation were I cannot be guaranteed an outlet.

Have you tried resetting the SMC > Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

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