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No, there is no processor you can install (safely and knowledgeably) to increase the speed. The best and easiest thing you can do is buy a new laptop for ~500$ and it will be faster than anything you've ever seen (judging by your current laptop).

You can run housecall but it might not always get the virus due to access issues. If you can put the drive as a slave in another system and run housecall or another antivirus program such as Avast, AVG, or even Antivir it should be able to get rid of it.

Could be a problem with the Gfx card/slot. If he has an extra PCIe card to throw it in and see if it will boot. If it boots with the PCIe card then it's a card problem. If it still won't boot with another PCIe card in there it's most likely a slot problem.

Why you dropping a K on a CPU when you can get one that will work just as well for ~500$? http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80861

If the 2.66 one is still FS I'll buy it for 50$ so long as it hasn't been OC'ed.

Like I mentioned, go to him and ask him what parts he puts in (or get a list from him and just post it here and I can spec it out and see if you're overplaying).

Ask him what dual core chip it is as well as all the other parts (brand AND models if you can) and then quote it online. If you don't feel comfortable building your own or using BUILDING COMPUTERS 101 then I'd say keep looking for different computers, or pay the 1500$ for the one he wants to...

QUESTIONS 101 How much stuff is loading on startup in the registry where the run's are located and in msconfig? Also have you just installed any new hardware/software.

Correction: You don't need the NET for anything and you can get a virus without it. And I'm still sticking with a software issue such as codec or driver.

Price maybe?

Sounds like it might be a software problem (could also be virus, spyware/adware, any number of things), open Task Manager before hand and see what's running when you do the video and see if any 1 program spikes on either mem or cpu usage (other than MPC or VLC [which I assume you're using cause...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101220-12 83$ for the WD, save yourself some money and some shipping, and I bet if you looked for the other parts on ZZF you could save some more money. Overall though the setup monkeysims showed looks pretty good.

It's a CTX which will hit 2048 x 1600 @ 150Hz refresh (not that I'd ever need it) and 200Hz at 1600 x 1200 (again, not that it's needed).

AGP The 2 on the bottom are ISA followed by the white ones which are PCI and the top one which is AGP (3.3v it looks like) If it will take a tualatin you could OC it to a beast and you'd be able to play most new games.

Yeah, you're out of ink or the carts are too dirty.

Then go on ebay and buy some.

That you can, I was just wondering cause I hadn't seen a board use SODIMM in a long long LONG time.

If you look around in the garbage you can get a screen for free actually, it's where mine came from and it's top of the line.

Doesn't matter, you put in a new CPU, resetting the BIOS should have worked.

I'd look into finding an old Gateway machine on ebay, they are about the size of a large hardcover book and are PIII chips with 6USB ports and are low profile. That might be what you need instead of trying to find an XP mobile.