WiFi problems and email coming from the past...

Hi all,
Looks like I'm having a lot of problems with my 2006 MacBook Pro: after overheating when trying to install a different OS on a VM thanks to VirtualBox (see here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2221808&tstart=0 ) or simply watching streaming video (see here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2222219&tstart=0 ), I've now noticed strange email in my Inbox on Thunderbird. Email dating from the 1st of January, 1970...
Is my EFI battery slowly dying on me? I haven't changed it since I bought my MBP in the summer of 2006. Where is it located? I've added RAM recently, but I haven't got any further, dismantling-wise. Wish I didn't have to...
Aside from that, and for the second day in a row, I've noted that my WiFi chip has trouble staying connected to my Internet box (I'm in France, and we're big on "boxes" for broadband, telephone and TV. We've even invented a name for it: triple-play. So-o French...). The network itself isn't at fault, since my other computers don't have problems at all connecting. Since I've had multiple problems with this machine (a logic board swap last year and a change of SuperDrive last summer, plus four different batteries in three years) and it's out of warranty, I don't know what to do. Should I gut it open? And if I do, what am I supposed to look out for...?
Message was edited by: Didier Caizergues
Message was edited by: Didier Caizergues

Email dating from the 1st of January, 1970.
Check the Long Headers or Ra Source to see if the Dates are different, if so it's likely the PRAM Battery.
Direct download link to Manual...
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Manuals/15-inch-macbook-pro-manual.pdf
The new bottom pan will not come with the PRAM battery so you need to make sure that is removed and transferred over to the new bottom. The PRAM is located towards the front right of the unit around where the superdrive was located. It is usually going to be a round blue object with a cable coming out of it. It is held on by a slight adhesive.

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