In January 2015, an AVG chrome extension install killed my laptop and caused me to do a system restore to even get it to work on a basic level again.
I am a gamer, it helps me unwind, it's a healthy outlet when I'm frustrated. Before the crash, I was playing Mass Effect trilogy, Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas all without problems even with mods on half of the games.
Since the system restore, Intel Graphics are crappy. Even after setting the display driver to best performance of applications (not background programs), I cannot even watch youtube videos or even those meagerly little videos on facebook, and playing music on my WIndows Media Player just doesn't work. I get a buzzing sound that interrupts the sound and video quality, and the cpu spikes extremely high, and this happens every 3 to 5 minutes.
It did NOT used to happen. I am also unable to download NVIDIA graphics now, though they were installed before the crash and worked just fine.
What is wrong with my laptop???? My warranty doesn't end until October this year (2015) but I can't afford right now to send in my laptop for repairs. During the day, I need to be job searching.
How can I get this fixed without losing all my documents and photos again?????