T500 freezing with Windows 7

Newbie to these forums.
I bought a T500 back in 2009 and it came pre-loaded with Vista. In the past few months I've since upgraded to Windows 7 64bit and have had problems with the computer freezing up, seemingly at random.It never did this with Vista, so I'm inclined to think it's a software problem rather than a hardware problem.
Symptoms:
-screen goes black
-computer completely non-responsive (have to force a restart by holding power button down)
-if any music was playing then the speakers get stuck on the last sound and cause a buzzing noise
I think the issue might be with the drivers, but even after installing all the seemingly appropriate drivers, the problem persists. Any thoughts? I figured I'd ask here before taking it into the shop.

I have seen a few instances of SSD failing and the results are total lockup, BSOD, etc I am not sure if there is HD diagnostics you can run on them or even running HD tool on them.
Having see that the recovery on a typical HD is very high while on SSD when its failing/failed that it, you'd done. Pickup a good HD EG Momentus by Seagate and go down that road and get it working and enjoy your system. You can move it via eSATE externally if you want later or attempt the Ultrabay track.
T520 Model 4239 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz
Intel Sandy Bridge & Nvidia NVS 4200M graphics Intel N 6300 Wi-Fi adapter
Windows 7 Home Prem - 64bit w/8GB DDR3

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