My battery has an X...What the heck?!!!

Just started today. I cannot use my Macbook without the plug. When i unplug it, computer turns of, well not really cause the sleep light is still on, but i can press a million buttons, it will not turn on, only when the plug is inserted. And when it does turn on, or it restarts it makes the weirdest noise, almost as if there was a cd in the hard drive, but nothing. I checked to see the battery icon, and there is just an X. What does this mean, how do I fix it, and am i in trouble?

I believe in a lot of cases it is the connection between the battery and the computer, in fact I know for sure it's the problem with my book. My black MacBook always used to flick between charging and not charging until I discovered that gripping the top and underside of the left front side of the MacBook (where the battery is, specifically where the led's are) and squeezing stopped the X from showing and was replaced with the time remaining.
Here are the symtoms I get which doing the above ALWAYS solves:-
1. MacBook won't startup from battery only.
2. MacBook won't wake from sleep.
3. MacBook won't charge or flicks between charging and not charging.
I believe that movement, whether by the computer warming up or moving the computer itself, can upset the connection.
Try it for yourself. The next time it won't startup from the battery, give it a squeeze (you may have to push the battery towards the screen while squeezing... confusing I know) and hit the power button again.
I posted a message a short while ago about this which you can see here:-
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1493179&tstart=270

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