Sorry but it all sounds like drivers and more.
But here's the rub. You took what might have been an OK machine and told the tech to do this and that.
You are now the designer of one or two machines. The post is full of details but so much I can't find what machine you ended up with.
Back to the tech and have them fix it.
Bob
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