Is it my battery or a motherboard problem?

[aarong50]

I recently ordered a z60t from ebay and it arrived. It is in perfect condition and I charged the laptop battery. However, after a day, I cannot seem to get the battery to charge.. It blinks the orange battery light and the power stays at 2% - it is definately at 2% because if I unplug the AC adapter it turns off. In the battery status it says the battery is in "good condition" and has only 8 cycles. It just doesn't want to charge. The laptop works fine plugged into the ac adapter. Is it my battery or is it a motherboard issue and how can I tell without spending money on parts that I don't need? Also, we have a small mom/pop pc repair shop around here that i don't think is going to stock lenovo parts to test and I really don't know what else to do. I live in South Central Ohio if anyone knows of a place within driving distance that can diagnose for me if I can't get an answer here. I do not care to purchase a battery or pay to get it fixed, just don't want to do both.

[GomJabbar]

Maybe someone will correct me here, but I would think if you remove the battery, then plug in the AC adapter, you should see some DC voltage (as a guess 15-30 volts) from at least two of the (battery) contacts on the ThinkPad with a Voltmeter or Multimeter. If no voltage is present, then the problem is likely with the ThinkPad. Also check and see what the voltage measures on the battery itself.

Have you tried charging the battery with the Z60t turned off as well as with Windows running? Is there no difference between the two?

[aarong50]

Yeah I tried charging it overnight with the battery off and nothing is happening. I will try the volt meter thing thanks.