Cannot change graphics mode/Old preference pane

Just received my new Macbook Pro 2.53. Loaded up just great was able to use all the features, but after transferring all of my old data via ethernet I cannot change the graphics card mode! I no longer have the option to. I have the OLD 'Energy Saver' preference pane! I do not even have the larger graphics card under the system profiler.
Any ideas?
Running build 10.5.5 9F2114

After a lengthy call with a rep at applecare, checking this, sending that. He had me remove the battery, unplug the wall outlet and hold the power button for 7 seconds. Popped the battery back in, plugged in the AC and it's back!
It wasn't so much I had an "old energy saver" pane, but rather the new one wasn't recognizing the 2nd video card.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1755849&tstart=0
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Hello again, and thank you for your replies, and sorry for the late response.
First off; I have installed the latest 10.4.7 Combo Updater, but that did not install a new SharingPref.prefPane. I even removed the old one, before running the freshly downloaded Combo installer.
Actually, I did the exact same thing a week ago - same result.
So, in the meantime I had some work I needed to finish, so I didn't have time to investigate further, until this morning. Where I, much to my surprise, found the SharingPref.prefPane back in /Macintosh HD/System/Library/PreferencePanes/ and it was still the wrong version!
So "something" must be installing the wrong - old - SharingPref.prefPane. Well, I took a peek at my install log, searched for "sharing", and lo and
behold!
The mystery is - somewhat - solved. The old SharingPref.prefPane comes from and old Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 installer, that contains an installer called PantherSharing.pkg. See search from Console.app below.
What puzzles me, is the fact that I installed the wrong (old 2.2) version of ARD, to monitor a couple of servers, and of course uninstalled that version, and installed 3.0, the minute I realized my error.
How can that old installer keep "updating" my system, even after I've removed the old ARD? It's as if something is running the receipt, witch I funny enough, can't find on my system anymore.
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The receipt must have run in the last week, but I can't find anything in my logs - install.log.0.gz OR install.log.
Maybe running a reciept dosen't get logged?
Ohh well Anyway - beneath is a copy of my log, and the question now is; How do I get the correct Pref-pane, when the Combo Installer doesn't install it?
Thanks for your help everybody, and shawnhm, thanks for Sharing my Pane ... Thank you, Thank you, I'm here all week
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Anything matching "sharing" from "install.log.0.gz:
May 27 14:40:17 tbo : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-94 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Jan 13 2006 18:32:16\n
May 27 14:40:17 tbo : Hardware: MacBookPro1,1 @ 2000 MHz (x2), 2048 MB
May 27 14:40:17 tbo : Running OS Build: 8I1119
May 27 14:40:17 tbo : Remote Desktop Installation Log
May 27 14:40:17 tbo : Opened from: /Volumes/Apple Remote Desktop 2.2/RemoteDesktop.mpkg
May 27 14:40:18 tbo : It took 0.906322 seconds to finish launching.
May 27 14:40:20 tbo : Distribution: Remote Desktop
May 27 14:40:22 tbo : Installation checks completed successfully.
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : admin auth received to install
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : =============================================================================== =
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : User picked Easy Install
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : Choices selected for installation:
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : Install: "Remote Desktop"
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : RemoteDesktop.mpkg : com.apple.mpkg.ARD : 2.2.0.1660000.0
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : RemoteDesktopAdmin220.pkg : com.apple.pkg.RemoteDesktopAdmin220 : 2.2.0.1660000.338
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : RemoteDesktopClient220.mpkg : com.apple.mpkg.ARDClient : 2.2.0.1660000.0
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : RemoteDesktopClient220.pkg : com.apple.pkg.RemoteDesktopClient220 : 2.2.0.1660000.338
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : PantherSharing.pkg : com.apple.pkg.PantherSharing : 2.0.0.1660000.338
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : RemoteDesktopRMDB733.pkg : com.apple.pkg.RemoteDesktopRMDB733 : 2.0.0.1660000.338
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : =============================================================================== =
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : It took 0.031255 seconds to summarize the package selections.
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : Starting installation:
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : Preparing volume "Macintosh HD" for installation
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
May 27 14:40:37 tbo : Preparing local booted disk
May 27 14:40:37 tbo : Create temporary directory "/private/tmp/RemoteDesktop.mpkg.4601SJd5k"
May 27 14:40:37 tbo : run preflight script for Apple Remote Desktop Admin Update
May 27 14:40:36 tbo : PantherSharing.pkg : com.apple.pkg.PantherSharing : 2.0.0.1660000.338
May 27 14:40:38 tbo : preflight[472]: /bin/mv /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.prefPane /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.tempSave
May 27 14:40:38 tbo : preflight[482]: /bin/mv /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.prefPane /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.tempSave
May 27 14:40:38 tbo : preflight[482]: mv: rename /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.prefPane to /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.tempSave/SharingPref.prefPane: No such file or directory
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May 27 14:40:38 tbo : preflight[492]: /bin/mv /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.prefPane /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.tempSave
May 27 14:40:38 tbo : preflight[492]: mv: rename /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.prefPane to /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SharingPref.tempSave/SharingPref.prefPane: No such file or directory
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May 27 14:40:47 tbo : It took 0.080088 seconds to run preflight script for Panther Sharing Preferences
May 27 14:40:47 tbo : It took 0.681835 seconds to Install Panther Sharing Preferences: 20 elements
May 27 14:40:47 tbo : It took 0.680004 seconds to unsuccessfully Install package Panther Sharing Preferences
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Jun 3 23:13:15 tbo : Opened from: /Library/Receipts/PantherSharing.pkg
Jun 3 23:13:17 tbo : Distribution: Panther Sharing Preferences
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