Tyranthraxus

Original poster here. An update. This laptop that I have seems to be one of those Affected by the faulty chips by Nvidia that were put into HP laptops in the first half of 2007. It's not on the list for a free repair so I'll have to spend $400 to get it fixed if I decide to do so. My alternative is to take the laptop apart (Using the service Manual that I downloaded) and try to reseat the heatsink or get a new motherboard or new laptop. I believe now that this "bug" was i

Laptop specs: 1.6 ghz Core 2 Duo Geforce 7600 go graphics 256mb dedicated memory 2gb ram Windows xp Running at 1400x900 res hp Pavilion DV9339us Performance was good at the title screen and "normal" for the 8-bit splash screen.:) The screens where you choose your faction and enemy choices runs normal. Once the world is created is where it's bad. You can't see the map, just the ui. And from there back out to the main me