Breatnach

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm unsure if I am willing to invest more into the hardware of a relatively old system. I'll have to sleep on it.

Hey, I realize this is nearly two years old, but did you ever find a solution? I have the exact same problem and it is infuriating, since this model laptop doesn't have an advanced tab in BIOS to deactivate the onboard graphics.