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"I cannot unlock my computer" Do you mean it wont accept your password? Do you know the password? Is it giving you a specific error that you can provide?

Fair enough, lets pick a title and focus on it. You mention Garys Mod. (Built on a very stable half life) It should by definition rock the house with those specs. I can understand your frustration. What resolution settings are you running on this game in particular? also, has the system been...

There are cheap ways to replace the rig. Cheapest would be auctions at govdeals.com Decent duel cores out there for 25-50 bucks. (USD)

There may be java issues at the root of this problem. Clear your tem java files, run clean without mods, Any difference? Check out the lag issue resolutions reported direct from those forums...

That doesn't answer his question. That only asks a ton of irrelevant ones. I buy used, its cheaper. I build new for fun and family. I even get Decent laptops at online auctions and give them to the less fortunate. I purchase at thrift stores - I have a love of computer history. Latest find...

Agreed, The socket P is a valuable clue, If you can look up the mainboard part number for this you browse the replacement farms on the IE and then get good pictures Before you even attempt to open a case.

Not so fast to kill his hope, try the F8 key option and attempt to load safe mode. If you get in, then try a system restore. If the OS is stuck on loading windows the previous owner may have "Borked" deleting his or her old files, including system files. The F8 option includes powering off the...

As Qazzi said , but be sure to get a powered hub

Being windows 10, your limited in trusted freeware (Im not fully aware of any that are built exclusively for this OS yet) I would attempt the standard msconfig, and close apps methods if they are achievable. Im curious if the installed drivers are exclusively built for compatibility to 10. I...

are you using the recovery disks? or the HDD recovery method, please describe

Not good (Im scared its a hardware fail) , Connect an external monitor, test it with that, you may have to use the FN key and the associated key to switch the video output. Reboot with the external connected, see if you get anything from it.

first of all, nice rig! now for your issue, unplug it, Pull the battery, put it back together, then try it. If no video at post (Logo at boot) then that's not related to the updates. Let us know how this goes. (im thinking its asleep, hibernate, or simply locked up)

Make sure your using the recommended power supply for that model. Too low of wattage can cause overdrawing during charging and shut the works off with safety settings programmed on the mainboard. A non-functioning fan will cause this as well. If you can enable logging errors in the bios do it...