Couple of quick oftopic things Commodore 64 had 64k of ram which is roughly equal to 0.064 Megs.
They would have kiiled you for a 8 Meg machine in 1987. Thing two: Yes it sounds like a software driven issue. Try to Update the driver by doing to the manufacturers webside and look for software for that machine. When you boot your system up. In most systems, will prompt you which button to use to enter the BIOS generally within 5 seconds of you turning on the laptop. Either Delete or F2. or some other ungodly key combination. Pay attention at the very start when the screen initially comes up. GL m8