This is actually another system. My dgpu in my last system totally crashed and i was no longer able to see any video output... this system is a fujitsu lifebook n3430 that i got from a friend. Win XP Media Center Edition SP3 Intel T2300 @ 1.66 GHz 512 RAM (i know it sucks - is it even enough RAM) integrated intel video egpu is GTX 460SE, connected through PE4L-EC2C with Corsair CX430 psu Actually, i have tried all of the methods you have listed (in setup 1.x help menus) including the one above. nothing has worked. before it actually worked when the egpu was plugged in before i turned on the laptop, but i'm not sure what happened. do i need to get more memory? the laptop can support up to 2gb.