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Tagged with power-supply windows-10
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Computer boots when I switch off the lights
I have more details regarding My computer boots up during the night. I got a used halogen lamp with a transformer and can reliably reproduce the following:
Computer and lamp are running
I shut down ...
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Disable "Slow Charger" warning in Windows
I have several laptops which support USB-C charging, and a 65W GaN PD charger. It's nice to have a compact power supply that works on a bunch of different laptops, even if it can't deliver the full ...
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Why is the battery dead inspite of the full charge the previous day?
My laptop is 9 months old. In which I sparsely use the battery of the laptop as I am connected to the power outlet most of the time. This problem has started since 4 days. As per this post my system ...
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There are no power plans other than Balanced in Windows 10 Professional
I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop, I never use it for other purposes than web surfing and most usually use it on battery power. But nowadays my laptop is heating like ironbox. It is a pretty new laptop (...
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Windows 10 PC reboots randomly with NO BSOD (New hardware)
EDIT/TLDR: See my answer below: https://superuser.com/a/1281893/855012
I have a brand new build that has a random problem that happens typically once or twice daily, but it runs great the remainder ...
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New computer turns off after few minutes of using it. Powers back on. PSU?
These are the problems I have experienced:
Computer turns off while trying to install Windows 10 for the first time.
After many tries, I was able to install Windows but can´t use it as computer turns ...
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Laptop always turns itself on again
Since yesterday my Laptop won't turn off anymore. When I shut it down, it takes a few seconds and then it turns itself on again. Doesn't matter if I let it boot and shutdown again, or turn it of in ...
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Computer boots up but is completely unresponsive
I have had my computer for 2 years and it has worked completely fine up until yesterday.
I installed the latest update (21.1.1) to my AMD Radeon software and restarted my computer to apply the changes....
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Don't power USB when sleeping
There are a lot of articles on how to keep a USB device powered when sleeping, but I want to do the opposite: power down a USB hub when putting my laptop to sleep. (The USB hub has a really bright ...
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Windows: Screen turns off and on again every time I plug in my power cord
I am having a lenovo X1 running window 10. As mentioned in the title, every time when I plug in my power cord or remove it, my laptop monitor turns off and on. I tried having the power and brightness ...
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Black screen when powering on PC. Fixed by removing power plug, plugging back
I have a weird problem with my desktop PC. Sometimes (not all the time), after I power up the PC, the display shows a black screen. Nothing shows up. The PC was powered on successfully as I can see ...
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Nvidia Gtx 960 blackscreen and loud noise, code 43:windows has stopped this device because it has reported prob
Nvidia gtx690 blackscreen and loud noise(sometimes). code 43:windows has stopped this device because it has reported problem.
Currently i am using windows 10.
I tried many methods. Including unplug ...
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My battery stops charging randomly and then loses power
I have a Lenovo E540 running Windows 10 x64. For quite a while now, I've been having problems with how the battery charges.
When I plug it in, it will always start charging - maybe for only 30 ...
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How can I make my laptop hibernate/sleep when the charger is removed?
My laptop doesn't have battery. I'm using it with direct power supply. So the problem is that whenever the electricity goes off or when the charger is unplugged, my laptop shuts down and my work is ...
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Computer won't shut down properly with USB device plugged in
I'm running Windows 10 and recently bought an Audioquest DragonFly Red USB DAC - ever since, the device is of course plugged in constantly so that I don't need to reconnect it each time I start the ...
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i7 7700 CPU power supply Watts [closed]
Can you tell me the power supply Watts for above configured PC? At this moment I have 350 W. Is that fine or?
Note: This is a software development PC and I'll not use this as gaming or any graphic ...
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Turn off USB power on computer shutdown, windows 10
Long story short, when computer is turned off, USB's are not, and manufacturers just love to adorn their stuff with LED lights nowadays. I want to sleep, but my room looks like a christmas party.
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Whenever I plugin my laptop's charger, screen turns brighter and I don't want it, what's the solution?
Whenever I plugin the charger screen gets more brighter, I want it to remain as it is (as it was before charging)
How to get this done?
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ASUS Laptop screen briefly turns off when connect/remove power cord (with demo video)
I have no idea what is causing this truly bizarre problem. Whenever I connect or disconnect my power cable for my brand-new laptop, the screen briefly turns off (2-4 seconds). Its really annoying and ...
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PC will not turn on sometimes just Green light will be ON
I have a weird problem in my desktop. I have been using it for more than one year. Problem occurs from last week.
Sometimes when I try to turn on my pc when I press the ON button just the green ...
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Computer having multiple hardware related power issues
Over the past few months, my computer has been experiencing multiple hardware related power issues, such as:
Being unable to automatically go into sleep mode
DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD
Powering ...
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Pc freezes at mother board logo
My pc freezes at mother board logo and won't take any key input. If i let it standby for a few minutes, it would go to windows repair but even there, I'm unable to press any key to choose an option.
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Computer Randomly Turns Off Playing Taxing Gamesa
I've tried everything now. I've formatted my SSD and reinstalled windows. Monitored for overheating with no obvious problems. Nothing seems to be obvious as to why this is happening.
Like I said in ...
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Windows 10 Computer suddenly off? [closed]
A few days ago i upgrade my pc power supply and gpu. But i think its windows issue when my pc is free means (only few program run like browser and few folders) it suddenly off and turn back on.When i ...
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Windows 10 cpu usage not above 27%
For a while now I noticed my laptop has been slowing down. This is a pretty powerful machine. After a short investigation I see that my cpu usage never ever exceeds 27%. Looks like a power settings ...
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Windows 10: Sleep mode don't work, the computer restart itself
Sleep mode is a low-power state designed to provide very fast resuming
of a computer's operation, with minimal power consumption.
But when I click on Windows > Power > Sleep, my computer ...
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My PC reboots itself after upgrading to Samsung SSD 860 evo and Windows 10
My PC reboots itself multiple times after doing some heavy load task.. such as playing games, etc. my rig is old and im just slowly upgrading it..
My old specs were
Windows 8.1
Intel Pentium 4400
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How to safely turn off USB-connected, ATX PSU powered 3.5" hard disk drives built as internal?
I have a bunch of internal, 3.5" HDDs which I connect them to my laptop using an adaptor which converts SATA/IDE to USB 2.0. I can choose the "Safely remove storage" option in Windows 10 and it ...
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Event ID: 4101 "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered." Faulty GPU or PSU?
Before RMAing my card, I wanted to make sure that this isn't a PSU related issue.
I have a GTX 1080 (stock) that began crashing very often when running intensive games and software. This recently ...
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Power consumption in Windows 10 and Linux
How does Windows 10 compute the percentages of power used by various applications and hardware devices without any external power measurement device?
It's a fascinating problem to be able to ...
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