Dear friends,

I've been given a Dell N5030 (T4500, 2x2GB RAM) which suffered a hard fall and broke its screen. 

I am trying to decide what to do with it based on the upgrade posibilities:

1. To repair it ordering a compatible third party screen. I would never consider owning a laptop with 1366x768 resolution and from what I can see this laptop was only available in this resolution. If anyone is aware of a compatible LCD screen with better resolution than 1366x768 which can be retrofitted in N5030, I would be grateful to know.

2.If no screenof better resolution can be installed, I plan to make from it a small headless server. Here I have another question:There are reports that better CPUs can be installed than the T4500, such as T9500 or T9300. I'm looking forward to use Virtualization software (KVM) on it and this requires VT-x which is not available on T4500. So:

- Can a T9300 be installed and work on N5030 ? If not, maybe another CPU with VT-x support ?

- If a CPU with VT-x support can be installed, will the BIOS support VT-x ? Normally VT-x needs to be enabled in Bios too but I could not see any such option in the N5030 Bios, though I have not yet installed the latest available. I am concerned that the Bios has the VT-x support disabled and installing a CPU with VT-x support (if the CPU will work at all) will not bring me virtualization support.

-How much RAM can be installed. Certain datasheets I saw mention 6GB (an odd amount, but it matches my Wife's Inspiron 1720, also with max. 6GB). But there are people reporting to have installed 8GB and working.