My computer is blue-screening with DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE roughly every 10 minutes after reboot. BlueScreenView consistently points to ntoskrnl.exe, although I understand that may only be where Windows detected the failure rather than the actual cause. Running sfc /scannow, updating the BIOS, or uninstalling the suspected driver all freeze or end in another blue screen. The system uses a Gigabyte B650M K motherboard, Ryzen 7 7700, Radeon RX 6750 XT, and 32 GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM. I have already updated the BIOS, but the crashes and freezes continue. What should I troubleshoot next?
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Make sure you collect several files from C:WindowsMinidump and analyze them together rather than relying only on BlueScreenView naming ntoskrnl.exe. The kernel is often the component that reports a driver timeout, not the driver that caused it. If Windows is unstable, boot into Safe Mode and copy the minidumps before troubleshooting further.
I already updated the BIOS, but the machine still freezes and reboots, so I’ll try Safe Mode and gather the available dumps next.