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Having a rough estimate of energy consumption of the computer.

I'm developing an app which needs to know about the energy consumption on computers (On windows). I realized the OS has no functionalities to support this directly, so my workaround is collecting info ...
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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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58 votes
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How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver?

Some laptops have a special USB port that can deliver more power than the other ones. However it is not always easy to identify which one is the good one, nor how much power it can deliver. So is ...
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Laptop HP530 has the same brightness with battery than with AC power

I have a notebook (HP 530) and I always noticed that with the AC power cable plugged the brightness of the monitor is greater than without it (i guess its to save power when running on battery). But ...
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