Thinkpad Yoga S1 Runs off AC but won't charge the battery

I have recently purchased an S1, which is now having an issue that I can't seem to resolve on my own. The laptop works (almost) perfectly on A/C, but doesn't charge the battery. I noticed yesterday the battery was low (which was surprising, because I had only recently unplugged it) - so I plugged it in to charge.At which point, the battery icon in the system tray stated "8% (plugged in, not charging).I've tried the following to fix this: 1) Leaving it plugged in overnight completely off. 2) Running the battery calibration (fails w/ unexpected error). 3) Tried turning off battery optimization (Option is removed in newer version of drivers, so NA to my issue). 4) Tried reinstalling the power management drivers anyway (even though I already had the newer version). 5) Holding down the power button for 30 seconds, both plugged in and not plugged in (suggestion from forum). 6) Holding down the reset button (pin reset on the mobo) for 30 seconds, both plugged in and not plugged in. 7) Charging from BIOS. 8) Letting the battery run down to 0% in BIOS, then rebooting on A/C (another forum suggestion). Now I'm just at 0% plugged in and not charging. Previously I said the computer almost worked perfectly, the almost is that the CPU is stuck at ~800mhz, even with all power management turned off (including Speedstep in BIOS) and the power profile set to high performance. Can anyone think of anything else I can try before I give up and send this thing back? It was working perfectly for the last couple of weeks or so, including getting ~ 4, 5 hours of battery life, so unless the battery failed very suddenly I can't imagine why it would just start refusing to charge.

well I replaced the battery with another one I bought (exact same model for the battery SONY 45N1705, I was hoping I would get another battery version because I notice there is an update for the other battery revision that fixes issues with battery stopped charging. http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds001322. I forced the bios update from 1.07 to latest 1.24 using olydbg to skip the battery check. this did not help with anything relating to the battery. now I am stuck again where I was at the beginning..... im looking at buying a board replacement.... also I was looking at replacing the power supply but I check the voltage and the amps, and it is correctly matching what is written on the back of the laptop. still getting the 0% plugged in and charging.

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