Trying to figure out the cause of the freeze

flick said:

as the device was stored inside a laptop bag at the time

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Newer laptops today do not "sleep" (state S3)as we have known it to be in the past. They go into a state called "modern standby". (S0)
There have been reports that these devices have overheated when carried in a case. If I owned one of these modern standby devices I would never carry them in a case unless they were turned off. At the very least I would use hibernate instead of modern standby.

Hibernate and Modern Standby are both low-power modes for laptops and tablets, but they differ in how they handle power consumption and responsiveness. Hibernate saves the system state to the hard drive, effectively powering down the device and using minimal power, while Modern Standby keeps the device in a low-power sleep state, allowing for quick resume and connectivity.

I appreciate the insight. As you have noted that "Newer laptops today do not "sleep" (state S3) If I recall correctly from a previous case I had opened, I was advised to disable Modern Standby (S0) as part of the troubleshooting process.I’ve confirmed that this setting is still disabled on my system. Given that, how does this factor in?

Sorry, but according to that powercfg report, your device IS using modern standby. You give no specifics in your forum profile about your device.

Whether modern standby can be disabled and S3 be enabled is controlled specifically by the OEM bios. Not all OEM's allow the switch. From the ones I've dealt with that allowed it, they were all Dell, but even some Dells do not allow it.
While far from a perfect option, Hibernate is an available option which may or may not work out for you.

The only way to know if you can switch to S3 sleep is to first make sure you are running the latest UEFI bios. You get it directly from the support page for your OEM device.

Then use this tutorial. BE SURE TO READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. Afterwards run another powercfg report to see if S3 is enabled and S0 is disabled.

As with any other major change, I strongly advice you make a full system image beforehand.

It is what it is..