How much money to pay to have wipe my computer clean and fix related issues??

I will be purchasing a sager np2740 laptop soon as its an i7 quad core and my current laptop asus u45jc-a1 is pretty old and have an i3 370m processor. I have reinstalled it many times throughout the years but issue is i don't know how to do it correctly b/c its still bit slow and i still saw the window.dl folder thad had my old files. Basically i reinstall windows with the windows reinstallation cd and the asus cd everytime. I used the asus notebook thread where they tell you what u need to and dont need to install for the drivers. Of course my laptop has been quite slow.


My issues include connecting the laptop to an external monitor and monitor would randomly say no signal. These was done with many monitors so i know its 100 percent not monitor issue and its my laptop. Someone said its most likely a graphics card issue and hardware. I went to download the updated drivers for it but everytime i do, when it restarts computer never ever loads and has black screen.


When i bought laptop, it was i3-370m 4gb ram and 7200 rpm 500gb harddrive. I had a friend a while back put a samsung 250gb ssd to replace the regular hard drive. It did seem to make computer faster a bit. I then later on got added more ram for total of 8gb. However, computer is still very sluggish. I'm pretty sure it has virus/malware etc but i use microsoft essentials to check it every so often.


Even though i won't be using this laptop much anymore as i will use the sager one, i would want this laptop to be fresh and like brand new. I know i cannot fix this issue myself b/c i dont know how to even first wipe my computer clean during reinstallation. I tried doing this many times but some reason it didn't work. I also know the laptop probably has to be opened as there might be dust or something wrong in the inside of the laptop which i know i cannot do myself. Also, im not even sure if i format my laptop correctly, if the graphics issue still is there. Such as could be graphics card be broken? Its the NVidea graphics card i know as thats the name of it. So if thats broken, one would have to buy another one and replace it right? Wouldn't that be extremely hard for someone that is already horrible with computers and thus someone with cpu knowledge would do this as no way i can?


I'm just thinking about having someone fix all these issues. Does anyone have any suggestions on where i should go and how much i should pay for it? I assume some computer store that isn't best buy or those big name ones is probably the best option?


Also i have these beeping issue with it as well. Keeps beeping and beeps pretty loud. This happened a while back and beeping stopped... then it came back yet again.


Also is it true that if its wiped out fully, computer would be brand new and would be really fast? I reinstalled windows at least 7 times on this laptop and each time i done it, laptop still slow b/c i didn't know how to delete everything. Also, because this is a ssd, wouldn't they need to wipe ssd first as well? I assume it doesn't cause damage to ssd as anyone that reinstalls windows have to wipe it? I will say that a while back, i kept defragging computer and when i got ssd, i did the same until i found out you not suppose to do it to an ssd. So could my ssd be damaged already or would that not be possible to find out?


I basically want this laptop to have everything wiped out and none of those graphic problems where connecting to monitor would make it to go sleep randomly, no bleeping problems and want it to be fast. Because i will make sure i don't download any bloatware etc on the laptop from here on out.

 

Also i would want this laptop to have no bloatware in it at all... and im sure everytime i reinstall windows on this asus laptop with asus cd and driver/utiltiy cd, i put bloatware there.

 

I spoke to someone online but apparently they saw they only do it over the phone. So im not going to bother with that as im not going to do it myself. They also told me if you have hardware issues, they can't assist with that.

 

You most likely have a graphics card and/or motherboard problem. These are significant hardware issues and would need to be replaced in order to make the computer run like new. They are also rather expensive. Your SSD is not going to be severely damaged by a few defrag runs, so I would recommend taking out and keeping the SSD, giving (or throwing) the computer away, and putting the money you would have spent on computer repairs toward buying a new system.

 

How would i know if there is a graphics card and or motherboard problem? Would it be noticed when the laptop is opened when cleaning the dust inside etc or would it be when it the computer gets wiped out the entire thing? How much does it cost and i assume it probably would be very hard to replace either of these things on a laptop as oppose to desktop?

 

The issues with the system connecting to external monitors and problems booting after installing new graphics drivers point to a graphics problem. The beeping at startup points to a motherboard problem (the beeps are error codes). The fact that you're not seeing improvement after reinstalling Windows points to a hardware problem. Replacing a graphics card will likely cost $100 or more, plus labor. Replacing a motherboard will likely cost double that or more. When my last notebook motherboard had to be replaced out of warranty, it cost $357.

Opening up the system to clean out dust is a good way to prevent it from overheating. If your bluescreens are due to overheating, that would be a simple and cheap fix. It takes almost no time at all and shouldn't cost more than $20 max. This process does not affect the data on your computer at all.

 

Wiping it clean is trivial: just format the drive before reinstalling from the CD. If you don't know how to do that, the easiest way would be to buy the friend who installed your SSD dinner and ask him or her to do it. However, I agree with djembe: let it go. That laptop model was released over 4 years ago and it wasn't particularly expesive even then. The beeps indicate some kind of hardware problem. Your Nvidia graphics card is actually a GeForce 310M and it is almost certainly soldered to the motherboard. Whatever the problem is, replacing the parts to fix it is almost certainly going to cost more than the laptop is worth. Take the SSD out and get rid of the rest of the machine.

 

Hi. I didn't reinstalled windows after hearing the beeps. Back when it did beep, i didn't reinstall it. I had made lot of reinstallations before that though.

 

Yes its the geforce 310m. However i read onlne lot of ppl had issues updating the driver for it as it didnt work for them either. For me, it would restart but computer would never load so each time i did that, i had to system restore because i couldnt update the driver. Do you think that could be a reason?

 

As everybody told, don't pay money for fixing this laptop. I suggest to try ti fix it yourself for increasing your skills. All you learn will be used in the future for newer laptop.

 

I agree with the previous advice about considering a new notebook; it's almost never worth tying to fix a circuit board issue.

Take a look at the Device Manager; press the [Windows] + [R] keys simultaneously, type devmgmt.msc in the box and press [Enter]. Expand the Display Adapters section and see if it says Nvidia GeForce. Also, any yellow exclamation points showing up in the Device Manager is a bad sign; expand any of those sections and see what it says.

For your next computer, I'd recommend investing in some dependable anti-virus software. Microsoft's Defender/Security Essentials software isn't proactive enough to be relied upon (though it's better than nothing). Look into purchasing ESET Smart Security ( http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/smart-security/); I've been using this software for many years and it's been flawless. I'm also a fan of Norton's products, especially their Internet Security suite ( Norton Internet Security™ 2014 - PC Protection).

One more note about your current ASUS computer; ASUS tends to load their computers with an excessive amount of unnecessary software and services; using the original ASUS installation discs puts that software on every time. That extra software is likely one of the reasons your computer was behaving sluggishly.

 

Hi. I ordered the new sager laptop already but it will take some time to receive it. I would however like to wipe my computer clean. So if i do that, i have to wipe my ssd hard drive first but when i reinstall windows, im going to still have to install it the same way and thus bloatware installed everytime correct? Thus no matter what i have to manually uninstall it myself?


Theres no yellow exclamation points though i know exactly what u mean as i had issues with my wireless card a while back and it showed that sign.


I took a look at the eset smart security. So its a yearly payment thing. Is this very good thus anytime u download a virus, it would alert u etc? Note, i know essentials does similary when they noticed a webpage that might have virus. But does it protect against everything? Thus keyloggers or any type of virus that can't be found using essentials? I only use essentials and spybot but spybot isn't good then?


What about avast? I used that a while back and i thought it was pretty good, of course its free. I uninstalled it and used microsoft essentials b/c i read you should only use 1.

 

Another thing but does dell so the same just like asus with bloatware? I have a dell xps 8100 from many years ago, its a quad core i5-650 desktop and pretty nice. But it similarly gets very slow as well. I don't recall exactly but when i reinstall it, similary i dont know how to wipe everything in desktop, note it has a 7200 rpm and not a SSD.

 

It could be that the laptop beeping is connected to the overheating issues.
When was the last time you cleaned out the laptop internals from dust?
If the answer is 'never', then what you could do is open up the laptop and remove the dust from its innards manually.
Be advised that some laptops require disassembly before you can reach critical components for cleaning (I personally detest those kinds of designs because they make things unnecessarily difficult)... and make sure to keep your laptop powered down and disconnected from the mains (as well as remove the battery from the laptop) before you open it up.

Perhaps repasting the CPU and GPU would be beneficial as well (because the paste does have a tendency to dry out) - but you really won't know if its a circuit issue or temperature problem until you get inside and clean the laptop thoroughly from dust (pay close attention to the area between the CPU and the air vents... that's where most of the dust accumulates over time)

As for everything else... cleaning the laptop on a software level is relatively simple.
Even if you cannot do a clean install (namely, if you don't have a clean Windows install, but only the one that also installs bloatware), then simply remove the bloatware after installation yourself through the control panel in Windows.
Or, there's a program to help you with that:
Decrap - Windows PC De-crapifier, remove bloatware with ease!

Its free and I used it myself a couple of times on computers with bloatware for easy removal.
It will take time (depending on how fast the laptop is), but that freeware program does allow you to select multiple programs for deinstallation and just leave it to the system to remove it - some of them might require permissions on your part to be removed, so I'd recommend you stay with the laptop during the process.

A note: it would be easier to just do a clean Windows install (and format using the install screen) since that way you would just be able to clean up everything, but if you do not have access to a clean Windows installation, then just deinstall the bloatware manually - some lingering services could remain, but not necessarily if you are thorough.
Keep the drivers intact, but remove everything else (excepting the programs you might be using).

Its fairly simple to do once you get a hang on it... and you don't have to pay others to do the work for you.

 

Yes use that old computer as a learning tool and expect that it will probably never be normal again. Time for some brain surgery.

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avast antivirus is good also. i use the paid version which has firewall and lots of other bits to protect you.
the free version is also good but you also need to activate windows firewall as the free avast does not have it included.

lots of good advice above.
you have not mentioned if you have ever cleaned the inside from dust which can build up quite fast. it should be done every 3-6 months so if you have never cleaned it you could have very high temperatures which could also be making it beep to warn you.
to check your temperatures load these simple programs and run them. they will give readings of your temperatures.

HW Monitor CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Core Temps Core Temp

GPU-Z Download GPU-Z 0.7.9 - FileHippo.com

you can read about what these software do in my link below.