It's actually not a problem, it's by design. The battery drain at full speed is pretty nasty, and can burn the battery up quickly (actual battery life). The battery isn't designed to handled the current that can be pulled under full...
The GPU is either a 9600 (M10) or 9700 (M11) depending on the optionwhen the unit was ordered. They are not replaceable and completely integrated with the motherboard.
The machine will run pretty hot. It is a P4 northwood, which was not...
Either that or a corrupt software environment (registry, etc). The driver should work fine for that card in your machine (it's what I am using now in my m6809 ... identical machine except CPU, HDD and optical drive). If you want to try...
You probably don't want to run anything over 62W (mobile). There are some people that have had success swapping in a DTR (the stock chip is not a DTR, it is a mobile) , but the board and in particular the power brick and voltage...
Is it synaptics? I always have had better luck with synaptic touchpads (in particular the scroll behavior you are describing) by simply not using their software. Without their software installed, it should work just like the scroll...
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Higher resolution screen does not mean much when u r a game, home entertainment may be.
Actually, resolution makes a HUGE difference when gaming, and not so much with home...
