Try setting it in the registry manually.
Almost every time I clean malware and viruses off someone's computer, I find that the proxy settings have been fucked with. Might want to reset all of IE's settings to default in addition to checking for malware.
It's RAM or PSU. Reseat the RAM and power connectors. Can try remounting the CPU cooler.
I agree. I don't care how minimal the Malware is, I always recommend nuking shit.
Sorry for the late update. I tried everything I could but it never stayed up long enough to fix, and I couldn't even get it to Safe Mode. So I had the brilliant idea of simply connecting his HD to my computer as a slave drive, pulling whatever files he wanted saved from there, formatting it and instal Windows 7 (he hates Windows 8). I was absolutely astonished when my computer booted up and loaded in Windows 8 with his profile and everything. My shock was due to a couple facts. First being that it completely bypassed my C drive and went to this one to boot up. Second was that I have never known a HD to have an OS setup on another computer be able to be plugged into a completely new computer and actually boot up.
PC is not passing POST, the beeps indicate a hardware failure, count the beeps and refer to:
For a gaming laptop you're looking at $1300 on the low end probably. It's been forever since I've looked.
