Mint 9 installs and goes online. Fonts and windows look good, much better than Mint 17.1.
Fn-keys: Sound mute and brightness control.
Upgraded the BIOS to version 6 (introduced Vista compatibility). Mute and brightness controls work.
Intel 945gm chipset, BIOS 6.0, Mintupdate levels 1, 2, & 3 installed.