Magsafe Board Relevant to Power up just with the battery?

I've got a MBP (A1278) that basically won't start up at all, with no sounds or lights coming on.
I've tried resetting the SMC, reseating the RAM etc..
I attached the power supply as it's been sitting around for a while & the light on the magnetic bit went to a bright green and the battery started charging as I kept checking that the little lights on the laptop side was increasing over an hour or so until I presume the battery was charged.
It's still dead though, whether I try powering it up with just the charger (battery physically removed), just the battery or both.
I'm wondering if changing the internal magsafe board (that fixes to the motherboard) may help or is that not relevant as starting on just the (charged) battery should bypass that anyway??????????

Hi. Yes,if your battery is charged at all, it should start on that alone. Normally when the mag safe is plugged in and is charging a battery that is low the mag safe light goes from green to amber. Try a SMC reset without removing the battery or mag safe. Command/Option/Shift and power button for 10 seconds. Can you get any boot chime? After pushing the power button do you see a light on the front (the sleep light) come on at all. Even for a second.Has this MBP been sitting for a while? Push the power button down repeatedly and see it anything happens.

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