Windows 10: "Your PC encountered a problem and needs to restart."

There is always some risk with BIOS updates but follow the instructions provided by HP. Only do it if you are comfortable doing it yourself and are fairly confident the PC has reached some level of stability.

It may be necessary to reset or clear the CMOS if you find the PC will not boot up afterwards. You should also make sure the optimised default settings are selected in the BIOS. Usually done by one of the Fkeys when you are in the BIOS menu.

 

What are the optimized default settings?

 

I think I may have just discovered something relevant. Opera browser (which the DMP file shows to have been involved in the crash) was set to use hardware acceleration. Opera's hardware acceleration involved Opera and AMD, both of which are logged as having been involved in the error. Therefore,it stands to reason that this may have been what caused the problem. I have hardware acceleration in Opera disabled now. I've also disabled it in Chrome.

Does anyone here think that this may have been related to my problem?

I think I'll hold off on updating the BIOS for now. If the problem reappears, I might try it. But for now, I'm too inexperienced when it comes to messing with BIOS, and am afraid I'd mess something up.