Random lock up on mum new pc

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mum new home pc is having random lockups and showing disk is under 100% load

each lock up last around 5 seconds and it happens ever 2 or 3 mins.
I notice the lock up when using chrome, but mum says it happens when watching video too.

System spec

AsRock Extream3 R2.0
AMD 6130 @ Stock
4gb DDR3 1600, had to RMA her 8gb kit.
XFX R7 260x
Psu Corsair GS850

ever this is new from OcUK apart from the GPU(MM) and PSU(Donated by me).
 
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its been about a week(ish) am back at mums and computer is still locking up?
i have think i have decided it chrome. any advice other than a fresh install

Edit: as i was typing both display and chrome just started updating
 
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I've seen this problem too on a PC running here. I'm pretty sure this is linked to Adobe Flash Player / Shockwave, particularly the version embedded in Chrome. it tends to go into an infinite loop causing 100% CPU and the cause seems to be certain embedded adverts on web pages which use Flash / Shockwave.

Try temporarily disabling Flash content within Chrome and see if the problem stops.

I couldn't find a solution myself under Windows 7, but the problem completely went away when I upgraded to Windows 10.

What version of Windows is your Mum's PC running?
 
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I've seen this problem too on a PC running here. I'm pretty sure this is linked to Adobe Flash Player / Shockwave, particularly the version embedded in Chrome. it tends to go into an infinite loop causing 100% CPU and the cause seems to be certain embedded adverts on web pages which use Flash / Shockwave.

Try temporarily disabling Flash content within Chrome and see if the problem stops.

I couldn't find a solution myself under Windows 7, but the problem completely went away when I upgraded to Windows 10.

What version of Windows is your Mum's PC running?

Running win10 64bit. system shows 100% disk load but cpu is around 10% to 15%
 
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This is what happens

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I've seen this problem too on a PC running here. I'm pretty sure this is linked to Adobe Flash Player / Shockwave, particularly the version embedded in Chrome. it tends to go into an infinite loop causing 100% CPU and the cause seems to be certain embedded adverts on web pages which use Flash / Shockwave.

Jackpot, i just got an error telling me Shockwave is not responding. now i just need to work out how to disable it
 
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