Dv3 2360ee multiple problems... please help!!

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hello! i am using a dv3 2360ee, and i have multiple problems with it,
1-http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-e-g-Windows-8/hp-dv3-2360ee-overheating-every-hour-or... (i did make another thread but no body replied, also i forgot about other problems)
2-because you people forgot to add in NX switch support in the bios (i did install the new one and same thing happened) i had to clean-install win 8, and that lead to all my drivers, premium services(including their serial code) to be deleted(but that is my problem...) any ways, i did not find all the proper drivers on the website!! and so right now switch able graphics aren't running and so both the "ati radeon 4300/4500" and the "Intel i3 integrated graphics" to run at the same time, creating one screen(laptop) and one virtual screen, causing many things to run on the other screen, and just because it is already running and it is better my laptop screen is on the ati card, now when i try to set second screen only, using Fn+f4 and setting screen resolution did not work, and yes, infact the Intel card is taking over the first screen while the ati is the second, and the laptop screen is set on the second, now the problem is, setting the screen to duplicate or second screen only will cause me a long process of trying to make it work again, and when i finally am victories, if i sleep the laptop, shut down, hibernate, or even close the lead, boom the Intel card is working again causing me problems, and just to mention, i installed the latest drivers from the amd website, i do not want the Intel card running at all, because if you go to the link at no.1 i did not describe, but it is the processor that is over heating and i believe the processor is an apu with a week graphics card, and that might be adding some heat, also to the heat problem i installed pirriform speccy on my father's computer too(also dv3 2360ee, and fun fact is: he bought his 2 years before me), and his stuff run at about 50-50-55-40 (CPU-motherboard-gpu-hdd) and while typing this, mine are 78-76-79-(not showing up)!!
3-the battery is showing "plugged in, not charging" but is going up slowly, what is wrong??
4-i have to set the battery settings to high performance, anything other than that and i am back to the days of my old acer "celerion m " 1 gb ram laptop!! i know that the setting are just for sleep and other things but how can that alter the performance??????
and please focus on no.2 the most, thank you!
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Just to note, it doesn't look like this unit actually supports Windows 8 based on the lack of drivers on the driver page.
I experienced similar issues with my unit in Windows 8.  My unit also does not support Windows 8.  My system was overheating as well, but this was because both video cards were actually running at the same time.  The system was designed with switchable graphics and is meant to only have one or the other active and not both.  Both cards running simultaneously generates additional heat the system is not equipped to handle.
For me, the steps listed in this thread is what reoslved my switchable graphics and overheating issues.  I can only hope that it would do the same for you.  Without an official Windows 8 switchable graphics driver available, I'm afraid the options are limited.
Regarding the battery, have you ran the battery test to verify it is functional?  When it is plugged in, does the charging indicator light reflect it is charging (amber) or not charging (white/blue)?  The battery test is accessible by powering the system on and pressing F8 about once a second to get the diagnostics menu.  If the test is not listed, you should be able to use the start-up test as it includes a battery test.  Incidentally, I had this same battery issue on my unit and replacing the battery resolved it for my system. 
Regarding the fourth topic, the reason that is happening is that the battery is marked as not being charged which puts it in a reduced power profile by default.  In a reduced power state, the components are reduced to save battery power.  For example, the processor speed would be reduced resuling in the performance that was described.  Power plan settings can be tweaked to your liking by clicking on change plan settings under the power plan and then change advanced power settings.
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