PC regularly BSOD's, in particular after Windows 11 supposedly blocked updates go ahead anyway.  Always around that time of month when the new updates come out, happens with PC sleeping; user looks at laptop and finds BSOD.  

I use WhoCrashed to get details.  Sometimes there's no dump file, but for the last 2, there were.  

Crash dump directories:
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\Minidump

On Wed 5/10/2023 1:56:55 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported

Crash dump file:	C:\Windows\Minidump\051023-18218-01.dmp (Minidump)
Bugcheck code:	0x9F(0x3, 0xFFFFC2814AB4E360, 0xFFFF9F0C309EFB88, 0xFFFFC2816E562A90)
Bugcheck name:	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Driver or module in which error occurred:	(0xfffff803`674c0003)
Bug check description:	This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
Analysis:	A device object has been blocking an IRP for too long a time. This is likely caused by a hardware problem, but there is a possibility that this is caused by a misbehaving driver. This bugcheck indicates that a timeout has occurred. This may be caused by a hardware failure such as a thermal issue or a bug in a driver for a hardware device. Read this article on thermal issues A full memory dump will likely provide more useful information on the cause of this particular bugcheck.

On Wed 5/10/2023 1:56:55 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported

Crash dump file:	C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP (Kernel memory dump)
Bugcheck code:	0x9F(0x3, 0xFFFFC2814AB4E360, 0xFFFF9F0C309EFB88, 0xFFFFC2816E562A90)
Bugcheck name:	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Driver or module in which error occurred:	(0xfffff803`674c0003)
Bug check description:	This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
Analysis:	A device object has been blocking an IRP for too long a time. This is likely caused by a hardware problem, but there is a possibility that this is caused by a misbehaving driver. This bugcheck indicates that a timeout has occurred. This may be caused by a hardware failure such as a thermal issue or a bug in a driver for a hardware device. Read this article on thermal issues A full memory dump will likely provide more useful information on the cause of this particular bugcheck.

On Thu 4/13/2023 9:41:03 AM your computer crashed or a problem was reported

Crash dump file:	C:\Windows\Minidump\041323-17078-01.dmp (Minidump)
Bugcheck code:	0x14F(0x5, 0x2, 0xFFFFF8026D4CF6F0, 0xFFFFD5022396F920)
Bugcheck name:	PDC_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
Driver or module in which error occurred:	pdc.sys (pdc+0x20a45)
File path:	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\pdc.sys
Description:	Power Dependency Coordinator Driver
Product:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:	Microsoft Corporation
Bug check description:	This indicates that a system component failed to respond within the allocated time period, preventing the system from exiting connected standby.
Analysis:	This is likely caused by a hardware problem, but there is a possibility that this is caused by a misbehaving driver. This bugcheck indicates that a timeout has occurred. This may be caused by a hardware failure such as a thermal issue or a bug in a driver for a hardware device. Read this article on thermal issues A full memory dump will likely provide more useful information on the cause of this particular bugcheck. The crash took place in a Microsoft module. The description of the module may give a hint about a non responding device in the system.

On Fri 11/11/2022 7:11:17 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported

Crash dump file:	C:\Windows\Minidump\111122-18046-01.dmp (Minidump)
Bugcheck code:	0x9F(0x3, 0xFFFFDF8ABC7E7360, 0xFFFFCD80DE48F758, 0xFFFFDF8AD9A68010)
Bugcheck name:	DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Driver or module in which error occurred:	(0xfffff804`22a20003)
Bug check description:	This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
Analysis:	A device object has been blocking an IRP for too long a time. This is likely caused by a hardware problem, but there is a possibility that this is caused by a misbehaving driver. This bugcheck indicates that a timeout has occurred. This may be caused by a hardware failure such as a thermal issue or a bug in a driver for a hardware device. Read this article on thermal issues A full memory dump will likely provide more useful information on the cause of this particular bugcheck.

 

This unit was provided by Dell to replace an older Alienware under warranty.  Usually get that one BSOD per month.  As far as I can tell, software and bios have been kept up to date. I try to not install Windows 11 updates for about 4 weeks.  WU shows pending install a May update, and oddly, since we'd done April's, kb4023057 for April.  ALSO, Dell, Inc. - Firmware - 0.1.13.0, which wasn't there a week or two ago. I can't tell what it is for, no viable current info out thee that I can find. What I find in update history are some April updates that installed on May10 - but we'd done Ma updates days earlier. Very confusing. Also 2 updates that failed.

2023-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5026372)

2023-04 Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)

So I'm quite confused. I will try to reinstall the April update that failed. But I don't know if I'm having hardware problems or software problems. Current overall CPU temp bouncing between 140°F and 165°F most of the time. I'm only user, nothing major running. CPU usage about 4%.