My wife's new laptop crashes unexpectedly...

DavaeLevaarak

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I bought my wife a HP Pavilion laptop for mother's day. She complains that it crashes frequently, especially when she's trying to play Farmville on facebook. When I check it out it works perfectly for me. I haven't been able to find a cause for it. She's running ZoneAlarm free firewall and Avast free AV. Avast says the box is clean. We're almost to the point of taking it back and exchanging it.

Any ideas?

Lev.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion laptop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
It's hardly worth fiddling around with a Laptop as new as that. I'd take it back immediately.
 

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Mesh 955 XGS
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Windows 7 64 bit
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Athlon X4 955 Black edition
Motherboard
ASUS M4A78 Pro
Memory
8GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
1x Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
IIyama ProLite E2208HDS
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1920X1080p
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2x 1TB Samsung SATA2
1x 320GB IDE
PSU
600 watt
Cooling
Standard
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MS wireless 6000
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MS wireless laser 7000
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Not as fast as it should be......
Remove (Un-Install) Zone Alarm, It is known to BSOD win7 :(
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
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SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
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2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
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Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
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on motherboard
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19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
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1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
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6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
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430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
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All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
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Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
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Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
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Fast Cable InterNet
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AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
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IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
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Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
If it was my computer before taking it back I would try MSE as the anti virus and the built in Windows 7 firewall. After the other ones were removed.
 

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Home made Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
CPU
Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
Motherboard
ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
Memory
Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
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EVGA GTX 1070 OC
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Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
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1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
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INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
PSU
EVGA Platium 1200W
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Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
Cooling
XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
Keyboard
Das 4 Professional
Mouse
Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
Internet Speed
100 mbits
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
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I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
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LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
@DocBrown

Thanks, we'll try that. If that doesn't work we'll take the other advice and take it back. Thanks to everyone who responded.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium
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HP Pavilion laptop
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Windows 7 Home Premium
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