Lenovo T61 windows 7 Problems

Hello
I would like to write something about my problem and I would appreciate any suggestion you might have, but I would like to solve this without having to reinstall. That is due to personal issues. I just don't have luxury of time for that..
I have IBM Lenovo T61 with 3GB RAM, nVidia Quadro 140m and when it was bought, it had Windows Vista. All the drivers were working finely and I had no problem. But then the other day I bought an upgrade for my vista and let it be upgraded to Windows 7 and unfortenately few things stopped working. The whole laptop is suddenly very slow, audio is stuttering (all sounds, even system or winamp is being interrupted by clicks which are kinda constant and I can't get rid of them) and video seems to be blurry. I've already tried to check BIOS for any bad setting (didn't find any, doesn't mean there isn't one I didn't notice tbh), reinstalled nVidia drivers and even sound drivers. The video seems more smooth now but windows is still slow as hell.
Please help

Have you tried installing ThinkVantage System Update for Win 7 and letting it pull down the appropriate drivers?
ThinkVantage System Update 4.0
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Welcome to the forum!
Before you start pulling that T61 apart, let's review a couple of things:
a) Does it have Intel or nVidia graphics?
b) Does it display anything on external monitor?
c) Was the LCD reddish/pinkish on initial boot before this last episode?
While it may very well be the inverter or backlight (more likely) you may also be looking at a motherboard problem. That's why I'm asking whether the machine displays on external monitor.
Replacing a backlight is NOT a job for a novice, take it from someone who's done it in the past but chooses to have it done by another party nowadays...
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As long as I'm plugged in, I don't get the BSOD.
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I did some research on the issue and found this forum from Microsoft. The consensus on the forum is that it is a driver issue. I looked at the driver matrix on Lenovo Support and found a newer version of the chipset driver than what you specified in your post. Your current verison is 8.15.10.1930 and the latest from Lenovo's site is 9.3.0.1021. So I would try updating to that first, and that can be found here. Upon getting to this page, select the approriate operating system and driver category from the dropdown menus to filter the search results.
Another suggestion from a moderator on the Microsoft forum is to use Intel's site to make sure the drivers are up to date. The link provided in the forum can be found here. This will take you to a site where Intel will scan the hardware of the computer and make sure that the latest drivers are installed.
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Hi Hackmeister, welcome to the forum,
a link would be a nice idea.
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It is considered fortunate that Lenovo provides newer driver for newer OS even after the system was phased out. From what I know, most of the OEM / manufacturers do not provide drivers for newer version of Windows when the product is phased out.
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