New Battery Messed Up My MBP

So i got this battery http://www.amazon.com/Original-battery-Apple-Macbook-5600mAh/dp/B001K34BYM/ref=s r15?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252195414&sr=1-5, because the one that came with my computer doesn't really hold a charge. So i got the battery today put in my mbp, left it charging, until the mag safe turned green.
Then when i turned it on, the tone sounded, the apple came up and the spinning inicator thing came on, and then it just turned off. Tried it again and again, and same thing happens. I tried changing the RAM, and still same thing happened. I also tried using the original battery and no battery with it just plugged in. Tried to safe boot and same thing happens. Any ideas?

Good deal!
However, you might want to be nervous about your hard drive, particularly if it is the original. hard drives Have a useful life of 3-5 years, and some fail before then. Sometimes when a drive starts to head south physically, that will cause problems with the complex software on the drive, which can mean you have to repair or reformat the drive.
There is a good utility for checking out the physical health of your drive:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32454
You can download the demo and run it several times for free.
Even a failing drive can work for a while, but it can also fail without notice. If this utility shows too many errors on your drive, it would be a good opportunity to schedule an upgrade to a larger and faster drive.
Good luck, and Happy Computing!

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Charge Remaining (mAh):          942
Fully Charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          4529
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Cycle Count:          0
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Battery Installed:          Yes
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Voltage (mV):          11188
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System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          60
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          20
Automatic Restart on Power Loss:          No
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake on LAN:          No
Current Power Source:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          No
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
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UPS Installed:          No
AC Charger Information:
Connected:          Yes
ID:          0x0100
Wattage (W):          60
Revision:          0x0000
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Ciao.

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Model Information:
Device Name:          CL5189
Pack Lot Code:          0
PCB Lot Code:          0
Firmware Version:          0
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