Pavilion Dv7 7023cl: Battery and networking problems.

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. 

DV 9000 series has same problem. Apparently so do most of their Laptops. My wife and kids have all been burned by haveing the system on their laps. I only use at a table and had to build a special base to raise the system off the table
to allow all vents to be clear 2  inches.
I had them send me restore disks for other reasons. Now my bios says "Not Vista".
If I was you, I would cut my loses and move to an other manufacturer. get the extended warrenty and keep it up to date
Hp is no longer even on my list of possible product purchases. Their products and if you want that, support service, suck.

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