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You can try connecting with an Ethernet cable and making sure that it's not related to your wireless connection in any way (remember to disable the wifi for the test run). Also consider loading your OS in safe mode to check if it's a program that's interfering, since chrome has flash built-in...

Also I really doubt that this issue is caused by bad firmware in your case unless you found several people who have confirmed it as a firmware issue when using your model hdd (it would need to be the same batch too).

Yeah it could be caused by bad firmware, but to fix it you will still need to do the normal repairs for a corrupted boot record or re-install. I would recommend doing a full scan of the hdd for errors and if it seems okay then proceeding with the necessary repairs or this might be a good time...

I haven't experienced that before but it might be worth it to turn off the "use hardware acceleration when available" option on your browsers. Normally when something starts acting up in the browsers that I work with, if it's not the plugin or the browser itself then it's solved by turning...

Why are you trying to update your BIOS? It sounds like you have a corrupted boot record (caused by various random issues) or/and a failing HDD.

I used to like Lenovo but they aren't as good as they used to be, besides they're not in the right price range. I would look at the dell, asus, and hp laptops for your purposes, like I said I'm not up to date on the cheap laptops so I can't really offer any useful information. You might...

Either the keyboard is broken or you have something stuck under those keys, it's worth blowing them out or popping them off and checking before buying a new keyboard.

Ah... that's something of a personal choice. Maybe try specifying a budget and what kind of use it may go through so we can give you a decent reply. Are you going to keep it plugged in or does battery life matter? If you want cheap, AMD laptops aren't too bad if you pick the right one...

Check your cable connections/terminations... could have some corrosion or similar issues, your digital converter box is also a major suspect so do what you can to test it.

To expand on the two earlier replies, basicly the settings you are using are adjusting the resolution of the pictures and then storing them at (6min * 60sec *fps) to get that size file, you need to reduce the resolution/fps and pick a more efficient codec (sounds like RAW going by the file size).

The fan/heatsink is normally shared with the CPU heatsink, so as long as you have a running fan you should be okay there, look at the exhaust ports for dust issues and vacuum/blow it out (vacuum is preferred by far but you may have to use some compressed air to get things moving). You might...

Try using an external mouse and rolling the system back.

You can get a usable (barely) laptop for 300 but it wont do much in the way of games, try to save up more like 600 dollars and you should be able to find something. At the 300 mark you might be better off buying a used laptop w/ dedicated graphics.