Pavilion Dv7 7023; some serious issues. Help needed.

Hello. My Pavilion Dv7 7023cl has been going downhill for the past few months, but I've been planning on purchasing a new hard drive for it, since my current one is failing. However, I'll get to the point.  For some reason, and some how, the battery is locked into place, with the slider pushed all the way right. There is an orange picture of a square with an arrow to the extreme left. I need help fixing this since I need to clean the fan vents, as the computer is reaching 82 degrees Celsius... The second issue is that the internet key is showing an orange light. I've tried resetting the BIOS settings, rebooting, and pressing every single key on my keyboard. Still no luck.  The third is that it's overheating often, regardless of if the vents are clean or not. It may possibly be the fan, but...  Unfortunately, the computer is not under warranty anymore.  Here are the specifications:The processor is an AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon HD graphics. It claims to be 1.9 Ghz, but it always run at 3.0. It's not overclocked.I have 8GBs of R.A.M. with only 2GBs left. Don't ask me how.It scores a 5.9 on the Windows Performance Index, based on the 5.9 rating of my Disk Data Transfer Rate.4 cores, 4 logical processors.    

Hi, Double post, please use:        http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Questions/Pavilion-Dv7-7023cl-Battery-and-networking-problems/m-p/5182507 Thanks. 

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