Questions tagged [power-supply]
A power supply is an electronic device that supplies electric power to another device, such as a computer, monitor or printer. This is achieved by converting wall power (or mains power) to a lower voltage, and in most cases also from AC to DC. Most power supplies also provide protection from overload, power surges and other potentially problematic or hazardous conditions.
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PC doesnt do anything except spin fans on startup
I have this PC that I use as a server:
Atermiter x99 chinese mobo
Xeon e5 2667 v4 cpu
4x8gb ram (non ecc)
Seasonic 430w psu
Chinese nvme ssd, kingston ssd, 1tb hdd
Hd 4670 gpu
When I press the power ...
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Is it safe to replace a 11.25V laptop battery with 11.1V or 10.8V?
I need a replacement battery for an older laptop that originally came with an 11.25V Li-ion battery (presumably 3 cells at 3.75V each).
The batteries I found online mostly have a nominal voltage of 11....
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Why does disabling active power management in BIOS double NVMe speed?
I bought a secondhand Dell OptiPlex 5060 Micro.
It seems to be limited in speed to PCIe 2 (2 GB/s) despite clearly being PCIe 3. This is documented to happen on the 3070 OptiPlex micro here: https://...
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Remotely configure a computer to auto restart after power loss
I am currently located on the West Coast, while my target PC is situated on the East Coast at a retail store. To remotely access it, I'm using the Kaseya Agent.
However, I want to change the PC ...
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My computer runs fine on inverter power but can't turn on from off state. Will using an UPS between computer and inverter fix the issue?
A 900 watt sine wave inverter (with battery) is connected to mains. The PSU of my computer is 1000 watts. When there is power outage, my computer runs perfectly fine. But if it is already off, I can't ...
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Power supply problems
I recently had a laptop that would not boot a range of things.
It would not boot the existing installation of windows for the SSD.
It would not boot Ubuntu from a USB.
It would not boot the OEM ...
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Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H boot loop power issues and no display
Since I updated my BIOS version to the latest version on the GIGABYTE motherboard manufacturer's website (F23F version) I started experiencing a series of different and strange problems
Then when I ...
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Laptop Docking Station not detecting HDMI Monitor when connected via type C cord
I have a Lenovo Legion laptop and a dell monitor. Also have seperate keyboard and mouse which i use for gaming.
I bought the Dock by Honeywell(https://amzn.eu/d/1gtN4ZN), which comes with a small Type ...
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Is connecting a MacBook air to a monitor using a USB-C to HDMI adapter bad for the MacBook in the long run?
I have in the past used accessories that drew too much power from a device that damaged the device, which proceeded to have a lot of problems with it powering off by itself. (Those accessories didn’t ...
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Dell Latitude not charging over USB-C PD 3.1 when powered on. It can charge, but only when I power it off
I have a somewhat weird problem where my Latitude 7300 won't charge over USB-C port when powered on with a specific non-Dell charger; I can charge the Latitude, but only when I power it off. The ...
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Do all external hard drives require a power supply with positive polarity?
I am shopping for an AC/DC power adapter for an external hard drive, and I've noticed that the power supply required for the couple of the external hard drives I looked at is always with positive ...
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PC is not powering on
I put my windows PC into sleep mode and came back hours later to see it completely powered off. Pressing the power button does absolutely nothing. Here's what I've tried:
I/O switch set to I
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Why I'm experiencing boot up issues a few days after swapping my CPU?
I’m experiencing issues on my PC few days after I swapped the CPU, AIO and SSD. I was playing a game when my PC abruptly turns off and restarts, and whenever it gets to desktop or even in the login ...
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Corsair CV450 PSU with RX 6500 XT GPU causes PC hard shutdown when gaming
Playing games such as Fallout 4 on Ultra, XCOM 2 on High or even Civilization 6 causes my computer to hard shutdown without any notification or BSOD verbose. It seems to only happens when playing ...
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Dell Inspiron 15-5558 - A battery with low health is detected, charged, but not used
I've been using Dell Inspiron 15-5558 laptop for more than 8 years without replacing the battery (cause I've been mostly using AC charger only) and today I've encountered an issue when the laptop has ...
