Laptop freezes and crashes after 5-10 minutes: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT (0X101) / MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION

Hi everyone,

I am hoping someone can help me troubleshoot an ongoing crashing issue on my laptop. This has been happening for over a month, but the crashes have become much more frequent in the past week.

Problem
The laptop boots up normally and appears fine initially. However, after about 5 to 10 minutes of use, the entire system freezes and crashes to a Blue Screen of Death.

Observed Errors
The system triggers one of the following two error screens:

• "Stop Code: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT (0X101)"
• "MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION"

What I tried

• Completely reset the laptop, but the crashes continue to happen.
• Ran diagnostic tests, but none of them detected any issues.

Extra details
Because the problem persists across a complete reset and diagnostics pass without error, I am wondering if this might be a physical hardware problem. Any advice or crash analysis troubleshooting suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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