Replaceable graphics card? upgrade-able?

I have a HP pavillion dv9700 which took graphic errors.  I had several screens blue, few and far between, and finally today as I was loading the login screen of World of Warcraft, it froze, audio, video, all frozen like a broken record, so I had to hard reboot the computer.  When he returned, he had a resolution of 800 x 600 and appear to be using the onboard graphics instead of the Nvidia GeForce 8400 m GS.  The drivers are up to date, but Windows 7 doesn't see this card and gives me an error.  World of Warcraft does not load because it tells me that I don't have a compatible graphics card.

"World of Warcraft could not find a proper graphics card, please check that your graphics driver is up to date and that you are not running in SafeMode (VGA).  For more information, please visit http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/driver-update-information"

Please advise on what the next step should be.  This card is replaceable? and if then... upgrade-able?  What this will lead to correct?  I am able to use the machine, but with a lower graphics capability.

He is no longer under warranty and had windows 7 installed on it at this stage.

Yes, that will fix it.

If you want to go this route, it is your prerogative.

It will require a lot of work and work on a laptop with everything this old overheated, fragile plastic is nothing like working on a desktop computer.

Here is the link to the service manual.

http://h10032.www1.HP.com/CTG/manual/c01951704.PDF

You will find the list of motherboards with the HP numbers in Chapter 3, page 21.

Removal and replacement procedures are in Chapter 4.

Good luck

Paul

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