Questions tagged [powersave]
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How to stop Windows from decreasing processor speed when not connected to remote desktop
We use a windows 11 machine as scientific workstation at work. When I'm connected via remote desktop simulations I run in R are fast but when I'm not connected one simulation takes about 3 times ...
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Is there a way to enable energy saving mode for secondary monitors that are not being used in a multiple monitor setup?
I am using Windows (specifically, Windows 10) and I have multiple monitors. The thing is, sometimes I am just using one of them, but the others remain turned on even if I am not working (or reading) ...
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External hard drive unmounts when spun down
I'm using a Raspberry Pi 5 with an external hard drive connected via USB 3. On boot, it is mounted with the following entry in /etc/fstab:
LABEL=external /mnt/external ext4 defaults,noatime,nofail 0 2
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Windows 10 slow wake up (more than 1 minute)
After recent update, my Windows 10 box started to wake up very slowly. After I touched keyboard, display wakes up, I see background with greeting, I see mouse moves, I see clock minutes icreasing, but ...
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Hum/noise from audio interface after some time of inactivity - is there a setting for it?
I have a laptop and external amplifier + speakers connected to its internal audio interface / analog output jack, which usually works fine.
But for some time (months or year even), whenever no audio ...
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How to run a command/process through Linux systemd after screen wake up?
I have an old Linux problem without any solution so maybe you can help me please?!
Are there any possibilites to run a cli command/start a process through any systemd handled event after screen wake-...
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HDD spindown despite disabled powersave
recently I discovered that my HDD spins down quite frequently. As far as I can say, this is a new behaviour. I fear hardware damage from frequent spin down / spin up sequences (can this happen?).
I am ...
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How can I identify what is preventing my HDDs from suspending?
I'm using Linux Ubuntu 20.04 with HWE.
I have two HDDs installed and those never go to sleep even if their usage is none for 5+ minutes (that's the setting in gnome Disks manager).
This used to work ...
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Windows 10 keeps turning displays off 1 minute after I lock the screen
Irrespective of any display and screensaver settings (that are available by default on Windows 10) my display always goes into power save mode one minute after I lock the screen.
I frequently lock the ...
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Windows System Idle Process - details on complex CPU power saving methods and other power-saving mechanisms [closed]
Wikipedia's article about System Idle Process states (emphasis mine):
Later versions of Windows implement more complex CPU power saving methods. On these systems the idle thread will call routines ...
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Windows switches automatically to High Performances
Whenever i open a game, also the lighter ones, my pc switches automatically the power plan from "balanced" or "power saving" to "high performance" and it bothers me because the CPU's temperature rises ...
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Dell XPS brightness changes automatically even when Intel Power Saving is disabled
How to disable "Intel Display Power Saving Technology"?
I'm using a Dell XPS 13 9380 running windows 10 (cry).
When a bright image is displayed, the screen brightens. When dark images are on ...
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Save power while uploading YouTube video [closed]
I have a really slow connection with no way of upgrading (already got the fastest available speed for the area) and large video files that I wish to upload to YouTube. I have no way of utilizing the ...
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Disable powersaving features on a usb3 drive in Linux?
A friend lent me a 4TB external usb3 hdd to copy some files to it. However the drive switches to powersaving mode despite file transfers being active every few 100 GB which will corrupt any transfers ...
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Side effects of lowering minimum processor state under power options to 5% for AMD Ryzen CPU
I recently switched from Intel CPU to AMD Ryzen 7 2700x CPU. For Intel CPU, under "power options"->"processor power management"->"minimum processor state", the default is 5%. For AMD using the "AMD ...
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