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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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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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GeForce GTX970 G1 - Turning off energy save mode

Is there any way to disable low voltage mode in GTX970 Gigabyte G1 GPU (clock goes down to 135 MHz in idle)? I would like to lock GPU at maximum frequency and power level, regardless of current load (...
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One of my three monitors refuses to go into power saving mode after recent Windows update

Very weird situation. I have this Windows 8.1 desktop with 3 monitors. The power setting in CP is to show password protected screensaver after 5 minutes of inactivity, and then turn all of them off ...
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How to turn off a particular hard disk in a multiple disk computer system to save power? [duplicate]

Explanation: I have about 5 hard disks in my windows 7/8 machine. Since, the operating system is only installed in 1 disk, the rest 4 drives just consume power staying connected to the motherboard. ...
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New GPU - monitor stuck in power save

I have a Samsung syncmaster 2443NW monitor - currently I'm borrowing a LG Flatron w2246 (although this is in no way a long-term solution). I used the monitor's manual to check the monitor - apparently ...
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Stuck in power saving mode

I've got an LG monitor I tried attaching to my laptop for dual monitor goodness and it worked fine but when I tried attaching it back to the desktop it stuck in "Power Saving mode" and wouldn't go ...
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Need to press OC touch power button on every boot Gigabyte GA-Z170X SOC force

I bought a GIGABYTE motherboard a month ago. It has Overclocking features. On every reboot I need to press the OC Power button to get the GIGABYTE motherboard flash screen. When I press that OC power ...
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What is that "partial poweroff" feature?

Sometimes, when computer boots, I see motherboard logo, and sometimes, I don't. The situation depends on how computer was turned off. I.e. operating system (software) can turn it of "partially", so ...
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