MBP 17inch A1151 shuts down with battery

I just bought a used MBP.  It came without a batter.  It booted fine when I bought it and ran off of my MacBook power adapter (60w).  I ordered a new battery and 85w charger.  Whenever I put the battery in with it started up, the MBP shuts down within 5 seconds.  If I put the battery in when it is off and boot it up, it will not get through the boot process without shutting down.  I left the battery in with the MBP off and plugged in to charge the battery.  It is fully charged.
I have seen reports of this problem and wonder if it needs a new logic board or could it be something else.
Or, if I should just use it without the battery as a desktop computer.

I saw that some people were posting battery reports, so I checked mine.  I booted it without the battery and opened the Power information to see the battery cycle count, etc.  So, i installed the battery and the battery indicator in the menu changed from X battery to plugged battery,  said it is at 96% and charged, but the system info never changed from no battery installed.  I even went to printers and then back to power and it never noted a battery was installed.  weird.

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