3000 n200 0769-BRG upgrade options and poss duff microphone

Hi all nice forum,
                           I recieved a 3000 n200 0769-BRG (TY2BRUK) for my birthday last week and after getting rid of Vista and installing xp pro am very pleased with it. Quick couple of questions however;
 The microphone is extremely quiet in use and you have to shout for sound to work. Is there a driver/bios upgrade that would fix this?
Also I have scoured the Lenovo site for info on the iel10 motherboard because I would like to upgrade the processor in a month or two when I have some more cash but can't find a list of supported processors anywhere. May also be interested in upgrading the nvidia 7300go if that is at all possible too.
As I said overall I am really pleased with the machine - very well put together and great for the cost price.
Any info greatly appreciated
Regards
Rob
System Information
Manufacturer LENOVO Product 0769BRG Serial Number L3E9414
Base Board Manufacturer LENOVO Product IEL10
BIOS Vendor LENOVO Release Date 06/01/2007 BIOS Version String 68ET21WW ROM Size 1.00 MB

Hi
To get the microphone working correctly, go to the control panel and find the Realtek icon (I assume you have installed the Realtek drivers for audio for XP).  Go to the mixer tab and on the top row far right is the microphone setting.  Make sure it is muted and the slider is at the top.  Then click the small button at the bottom of the slider with the two dots [..] and make sure microphone boost is selected.
Has this helped?
Regards
Phil

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