Questions tagged [low-power]
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How to make a "Low state CPU" persistent?
I would like to lower my cpu power (at 50%),
For doing this I executed the following command:
powercfg -setacvalueindex SCHEME_BALANCED SUB_PROCESSOR PROCTHROTTLEMAX 50
powercfg.exe -setactive ...
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Running Windows 10 on an i3-3110M processor, any way to reduce OS processing needs for this chip?
A am working on a video monitoring system that will be operating at a remote site using solar power. We are using older laptops running Ivy Bridge processors and Windows 10. We would like to one of ...
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The Performance is lower after removing The Laptop battery
I use a Lenovo E560 with following components:
Intel Core i5-6200u
Intel HD graphics 520
AMD Radeon R7 M370
for playing Overwatch.
I spent a lot of time in switching the graphics from Intel HD to ...
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Why does my PC shutdown and restart when house power goes down?
Why do some computers (particularly, my computer) shut down and restart every time the house power become low? Other PCs continue to work properly with no problem.
What can the cause be?
These are ...
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Perform Background Tasks in Low Power Mode - Possible?
Is there a way to schedule low power background activities to be performed while a computer is idle, sleeping, or even powered off?
Until recently I would have thought the answer was unconditionally "...
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Custom built machine has much higher power consumption than expected
I built a machine according to the specs of a computer magazine (c't, Germany). According to the magazine, the power consumption should be at around 10W.
I don't want to go into the specifics of the ...
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Powerful mini ATX gaming PC and extreme low power hungry download server in ONE
I want to build a really powerful gaming machine with some kind of a media server streaming full HD contents to the whole room and TV, but at the same time, a "magical button" which turns this power ...
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Samsung Laptop cuts out at 37% battery life
I use a Samsung i5 (I think, I'm nowhere near the box to check specifics) laptop purchased summer of last year, running Windows 7 with a Quad core and AMD Radeon graphics. I'm pretty gentle with it, ...
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Piecing together low-powered hardware for an RS-232 terminal server [closed]
I'm working on reconstructing my Cisco lab for training/educational purposes and I found that the actual terminal server I have is dead. I have a couple of 8-port PCI serial cards which would be more ...
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Unignorable spoken battery warning on Windows 8
I found this old article on how to give a Mac OS X laptop a battery warning that can't be ignored.
I was wondering how I could (if I can) achieve the same thing on Windows (8). Perhaps with Microsoft ...
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How much CPU power and RAM will I need in a 10 disk array?
I'm planning to build a low-power storage server with many drives.
Can I put an Atom based board into this machine? Or even ARM? Will a weak CPU cut into my throughput? What about RAM?
I am planning ...
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External "power brick" style PSUs - are they reliable enough?
Keen to build a quiet, power-efficient always-on HTPC/media server, I've been looking at mini ITX boards that have their own external power-brick style power supply. These appeal because they are ...
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Low Voltage USB Ports and USB External HDD Problem
I'm facing a low power USB port issue on my desktop PC. I have a USB 2.5" external harddrive and it does not work with any of the USB ports on the computer case except for one.
Also if I use a ...
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how to build a normally powerful computer with lots of RAM which will consume less then 7W while idle? [closed]
The Macbook Pro Model MC374, MC375 from 2010 consumes only 6.6W when idle (without display) when powered with 100V to the power supply.
How can I build a modular, high-spec computer which will have ...
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Usefulness of multi-core in the context of power-efficient computing
I'm considering options for a new portable PC. I'd like to keep power utilization at a minimum, while being able to run batch jobs as quickly as possible. Batch jobs I can generally parallelize ...
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