HP NW9440 and Windows 7 issues - last call for help!

hi all,

so i am having a heluva time w/win 7 and SW on my HP NW9440 laptop and am about to wipe it a reinstall XP pro. but before i do, does anyone have any information that might get this win 7 operating system to work on this laptop w/SW or am i just dreaming?

issues w/SW

hangs often then crashes

video flicker - horizontal

slow slow slow

basically unstable

thanks in advance,

dave

specs

NW9440

32 Bit

4 GB ram

FX1500M

drivers used w/o much luck NVIDIA  7.15.10.9809 and 7.15.11.7967

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