Windows 10: How do I stop my laptop from crashing?

Starting yesterday, my laptop will crash randomly at inconsistent intervals. I get a message that says "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We're just collecting some error info and the we'll restart for you."This started around the time I was trying to record gameplay with an elgato HD60X capture card onto my laptop. The 4KCapture utility software was running slower than the previous two timesI used it and my laptop in general was running kind of slow. I began to suspect I had malware or something so I downloaded Avast Anti-virus just to be safe. At some point during the installa

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Firefox crashes non-stop!!!

Suggest any methods to stop Firefox from crashing. It crashes right after starting, no more than a second or 3..

Any cache, plugins, antivirus things that might cause it? It is very, very annoying...

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?