I can still power the iBook on, I just have to lay the power cord down in a very particular way, and can NEVER move it. The frayed area isn't on the cord itself, rather on the hard part where the somewhat cylindrical item that plugs into the computer meets the hard plastic area that tapers down to the soft part of the cord. I would take a picture for you, but sadly my Latitude is refusing to see my webcam... Here's an illustration of it though, using an image I found on Google.

What's even worse is, I think I may have killed the battery because the first week or so I had the system I accidentally pressed the PMU management button thinking it had something to do with music thanks to the logo... Now if I fiddle with it, I can get it to "see" the battery, but it says it's 0% charged and has 0hrs and 0mins to full charge... Any way to fix this? D: