Constant internet and crashing problems

[Kingpin1]

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Hey all, about 1 year ago my HP Omen laptop started having issues where it would drop the internet connection at random and wouldn't reconnect until I restarted. This didn't happen too often and was easy to ignore. It slowly rose in frequency and lately, in the past 2weeks I can't ignore it. It's been happening sometimes as frequently as every 10 minutes with other symptoms: almost each time this happens, the computer "stutters" including the screen and audio fluttering for 2 seconds, and now on a daily basis the laptopat least once with a BSOD with the error message: "KERNAL SECURITY CHECK FAILURE".

The only recent changes I've made are that I changed the battery to a non-OEM about 5 weeks ago, and I have a job which sometimes requires a lot of walking, driving and sitting in my car for extended periods in the cold-several times I've carried the laptop with me on trips in my car when it's very cold outside. However, I keep my car fairly warm and the laptop rarely is explosed to sub-40 or 50 degrees for more than 30-60 minutes a time- I didn't think the temperature exposure should've been a big problem, but now I'm not sure if it caused hardware damage.

I ran chkdsk for the C drive which seems like it temporarily paused the issue for a couple hours before it started happening again- not sure if it was attributed to the check/fix or not. I also checked for memory problems- none detected. All drivers and the OS seems to be properly updated. Windows Security and Malwarebytes detects no virus or security threats.

It's an HP Omen 15t5100. It has 2 direct USB attachements: a USB hub (mouse, audio interface, printer, external SSD HD), and a TV connected as a second monitor via USB. The issue also occurs when no USB is attached (not the BSOD). I used all of those USB devices without issues for about 1 year before this issue started happening. The laptop only has 128 GB of space which is 95% full. I bolded something about "failed device encrpytion" in the specs below which I have no idea what it means or whether it's relevant.

SPECS below

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Version 10.0.19043 Build 19043

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name DESKTOP-IBB8U8I

System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard

System Model HP OMEN Notebook

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Insyde F.37, 5/26/2016

SMBIOS Version 2.8

Embedded Controller Version 2.56

BIOS Mode Legacy

BaseBoard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard

BaseBoard Product 2333

BaseBoard Version 02.38

Platform Role Mobile

Secure Boot State Unsupported

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.1151"

User Name DESKTOP-IBB8U8I\DavidW

Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.93 GB

Available Physical Memory 3.70 GB

Total Virtual Memory 10.9 GB

Available Virtual Memory 6.59 GB

Page File Space 2.92 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Kernel DMA Protection Off

Virtualization-based security Not enabled

Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

[Huffer]

You need to run a full diagnostic on the hard drive not just chkdsk...esc as you power up then F2 for diagnostics...I agree the temperature is not likely a problem.