IT WORKS! Just so nobody has to go through what *I* did, I'll post what the problem was... The Dell Laptop 1720 came with the OS pre-installed, like they all do. There was no indication or message that any optional update for my particular video adapter was available (and I didn't think of that). After I swapped out my RAM and re-installed my OS etc., I was JUST about to give up believing that the problem was that Dell didn't do a good job with the video driver, a message came up that there was an update for my "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT". After installing the update, everything works fine and I can play eq. I hope this info. is usefull to someone.
On a seperate note, thanks everyone for replying. May sound dumb, but it's comforting to know that at least I wasn't alone with my problem.
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