Laptop suddely slow after BSOD

SeanShawnShaun

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I have a very Thinkpad t61 from 2007. It's been extremely reliable and fast until one day; I was using it to do some research on the internet then it suddenly gave me a black screen. Because my research was due the day right after, I didn't try to fix my computer. Instead, I just carried on my research on my iPad. The next day, I attempted to power up my computer, and it successfully powered up, the processes were running as normal, but I couldn't see a current screen, it was just dark. I connected my laptop to a monitor and could see a screen. I noticed that my laptop suffered a severe performance drop. It was five times slower. Even youtube videos where choppy. After severals attempts to revive my computer, I ended up giving up. A month later I tried to boot up my laptop again and it self repaired itself. It could now display images on the laptop screen, but it was still very very slow.

If anyone has a solution please tell me.

here are my specs:

Thinkpad t61

128MB nVidia Quadro NVS 140M
14.1-inch WXGA+ (1440 x 900 resolution) TFT display
Windows XP Professional
Universal AC adapter (90 W 2-pin and 3-pin):
Input is 100/240 V AC, 1.5A, 50/60 Hz
Output is 20 V dc, 4.5 A
Intel Core Duo processor T7100(1.8GHz), T7300(2GHz)
4 MB L2 cache, 667 MHz front-side bus
3gb ram
 
Hi,

Please do try these following troubleshooting steps that may help in resolving the issue.
- Start by doing a complete virus/malware scan.
- Here's a link you can use: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1691891/removing-malware-proven-completely-remove-bitcoin-mining-malware.html
- Once done with the scan do a clean install of the graphics card driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall NVIDIA graphics.
- Open Program and Features then uninstall anything related to NVIDIA graphics.
- Download and install the latest driver there is.
- Here's the link: nvidia.com/download/index.aspx.
- Reboot the laptop once the latest driver has been installed.
- See weather if the performance issue has been solved.