MacBook 2006 battery problems

[NessMudkip]

I just bought a MacBook 2006 model from eBay (1.83Ghz, 1GB RAM). Its a great laptop, but the only problem is that it only runs off the mains power. Before I go and buy new parts, I just wanted to know what the problem could be. It has the classic "black x" battery in the menu bar. The seller told me that the problem was not the actual battery so I just want to know what the problem could be. Please note - I have already tried reseting the SMU. Thanks in advance.

 

[wordoflife]

The battery is dead; it won't hold a charge.
They can only be recharged a certain amount of times.

 

[BigTroll]

unfortunately many macbooks suffer from not being able to recognize the battery,something on the logicboard fails and it wont even charge a new battery, best thing is to try and find someone else with a good macbook battery and test your machine accordingly

 

[marshallbedsaul]

battery is dead go to apple spend 129.00 and get a new one. I would not buy after market battery.

 

[REP4BLACKXMACS]

Black X

Hey, it's most likely a prematurely faulty Logic Board.

See my post here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1051017/

So many people have had this happen and Apple needs to offer a Repair Extension Program. Otherwise people will continue to pass the buck selling these garbage Macbooks on eBay, CL, etc.