I've set up my ThrottleStop the way you've told me to. Thank you very much for the insights and help @unclewebb ! :clap:
Btw, I have terminated all I could as far as background processes go during the test (screenshots down).
I'm unsure as to what are you talking about exactly @Berfs1 (simply...
I've had the same problem, man. Been trying to solve it for a week, lol. Just reset the BIOS to optimal defaults and you're good. C states should be enabled by default on all laptops.
You were absolutely right about everything you said. C states being locked was causing the CPU to lock itself...