Toshiba Laptop

[Erex]

Ok, as from my experiences Toshiba laptops have been solid laptops, and every geek I know that I've asked about laptops how good are they told me they are amazing, they've had good experiences with them, but I have question. Ok SO I ran a compatbility test with my mom's toshiba with 7 and 8, however 8 failed but 7 passed with flying colors, right? Well ever since I've fixed my mom's laptop, I've been having issues with drivers are corrupting on their own, I've spyware, antiviruses and found nothing. I've put in about 120 dollars in single copy of a enterpise class antivirus, well it found nothing. BUt I'm having issues of her laptop locking up, video driver is failing, motherboard, and processor are all good, hard drive is brand new Solid State Drive, however although it is extremely fast nearly 4 times faster, I'm still having issues. I've read on forums that maybe I should update my BIOS, I'm asking NC, cause I trust your opinion, before I even try should I update the BIOS even though the support site states that its possible it can "destroy" the computer. What should I do? Its a Toshiba Satelite built for Vista.

[Naked Crook]

32 or 64 bit operating system?

[Erex]

64.

[Naked Crook]

Where did you get your drivers from? What is the model number of your laptop?

[Kairu]

The only thing I can think of are either bad drivers or bad Windows OS, or even a goof up somewhere. As for fixes, why not "System Restore" back to default or use you backup disks?

[Naked Crook]

Those are viable options Kairu, but also options of last resort. If his system is freezing, chances are it is a bad driver. If he is not installing the correct drivers, then that will cause freezing. Even installing a driver from a similar laptop from the same series constitutes a bad driver. I need to know where these drivers came from, and what the model number is.

[Erex]

Ok Model: Toshiba Satelite A215-S7422 All drivers came from toshiba support site, and I've already done a system restore, as the GFX driver fucked up and got corrupted, and its working fine now but it will time to time lock up. So is there an issue with this specific type of Satellite?

[Naked Crook]

When you say lock up...do you mean stop responding, or BSOD (blue screen)

[Erex]

No the gfx show's lines on the screen and it locks up.

[Naked Crook]

Erex...how much RAM does this computer have?