Hi everyone. I'm soooo annoyed with computers in general right now, he he he....and have something to ask those of you who may know more about techie stuff than I do.

About 3 weeks ago, my computer suddenly 'crashed', out of the blues. My brother tried to fix it, but sadly the motherboard and harddrive both blew up, and there was no way we could fix it without spending hundreds of dollars.......so......my dad went and got me a new computer instead.

ANYWAY, the new computer was GREAT......so fast, and I was just thrilled to have a new desktop. It is an HP Pavilion, and was working great for the past 20 days. Just this morning, I turned on my computer and logged onto PT. I was reading a thread, and was on the same thread for maybe 5 minutes, when out of nowhere, my computer says, "An error has occurred and the system in now shutting down to prevent damage to your computer." I just sat there like this ---> . What in the world? I was on the same page for 5 minutes, so basically doing nothing. I didn't download anything, didn't go to any site other than CNN and PT, didn't do ANYTHING that would cause a computer to kill itself. It is a brand new computer, has all of the latest virus protection software.....everything, so I really can't believe this.

I thought, "Okay...I will restart the computer, and we'll see what will happen." I restarted it, and it never returned to Windows. Basically gave me an error and told me to proceed to the System Recovery system, which I did.

I started System Recovery, and until 50% was done, it was going fine. After 50%, I got the same error, and it turned off again after telling me to call HP's customer service for help. I tried again...5 times, and each time, it does NOT recover. Boo hoo hoo! I did everything the computer manual says to do. NOTHING is working. I don't want to format a brand new computer that I can take back and get exchanged.

Now....thank GOD it has only been 20 days since I got this computer, because I can take it back to the store and get it exchanged in up to 30 days. That is what we intend to do.....but I am wondering this.

My last computer crashed with no warning, while working perfectly. Now this one does the same thing. Do you think there could possibly be a problem with my electricity outlet?? It works fine, but I'm thinking if its loose, it could possibly be sending sparks, occasionally, which could damage my computer. My brother says he doesn't think so because the moniter is connected to the same thing, but.......my dad thinks this might be a possibility. I mean, it is a brand new computer, so it is ridiculous that this happened. Do you think we should get the outlet checked? When we moved into this house, some of our light switches were loose (internally), and the lights kept flicking, so my dad opened them up and fixed that. I'm thinking maybe this outlet is loose too, and maybe my dad needs to check it out. What do you think?

Right now, I am on my dad's laptop, sad and annoyed that my new computer is already giving major problems, but hopeful that I will get a new one to replace it because it has only been 20 days.

'sigh'

Anyone has any suggestions?