Magsafe not charging, no led

Hi,
My magsave cord broke, I worked till batterie 0%. Bought a new Magsafe.
But now the magsafe is not charging and the led light wont shine orange or green.
I did a smc reset, a pram reset, took the batterie out and push the button till it went off. Tried SMC 1.4 update but stated not needed.
Cleaned the connector pins on the mbp with alcohol.
So i figured the magsafe does not work, took the old broken one apart and fixed the cable. Gives power again, but also no light and no charging.
The batterie looks fine, apart from empty:
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh):          0
Fully charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full charge capacity (mAh):          5908
Health Information:
Cycle count:          325
Condition:          Good
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          0
Voltage (mV):          9937
Does any body have a similair problem and found a fix, please let me know.
Thanks!
Peer
PS:
I have a Macbook Pro 17 inch, late 2008 (?) 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo
Osx 10.5.8

If I've understood correctly, you still don't know whether either of your adapters is working properly. Test them both with the 15" MBP you mentioned and see whether they work. If either one does, but it doesn't when you test it with the 17" machine and its new battery, then the logical conclusion is that there's a problem with the charging circuitry in the MBP -- subject, of course, to confirmation of the presumption that the new battery is actually good. You may have to visit a Genius Bar or authorized service provider to get that confirmation and have everything tested conclusively.

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I let it dry out when this first happened in some rice but I am not sure that did anything for it
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