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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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Linux: CPU core shutdown instead of sleep state
In Linux you can shut down CPU cores (or physical CPU's) with echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
Assuming that the hardware fully turn off the CPU and cuts power to it would it not be better ...
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Windows 10 has both battery saver option and power saver plan, what is the difference?
The battery saver option can be clicked in the taskbar on the battery icon. Clicking this dims the screen and, by some sources, disables background Metro-apps. I noticed, 100% screen brightness is ...
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laptop mode in Linux vs solid state drive (SSD) [closed]
I have a device running Ubuntu 10.04 with SSD drive and want to optimize its power consumption. As far as I understood laptop mode documentation, it is intended for conventional disk drives.
Does it ...
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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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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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HDMI and power saving mode
As documented in this question, I recently bought a new Samsung monitor and connected it to my computer using a HDMI connection; this monitor just doesn't seem to support any power saving mode: it won'...
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Samsung monitor not going into power saving mode
I have recently bought a Samsung LT24D390 TV monitor, which I connected to my computer using a HDMI cable; the video card is a GeForce GTX 560 Ti, the O.S. is Windows 7 x64.
The monitor works as ...
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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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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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Wireless printer going offline upon entering power save mode
I recently bought a printer, a Samsung ML1865W wireless laser printer. It works very well, wirelessly until after a while, it goes to power save mode when the printer goes offline. I then cannot ...
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How to identify cause of system lock on debian squeeze?
I have a desktop system at work with debian squeeze installed. Every couple days or so, when I come in in the morning, the system appears to be asleep and won't wake up. I suspect it goes into power ...
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When I lock my screen on my MacBook Pro my running application automatically closes after a while
First I must said that I have been asked this question in different form in this topic.
but my problem didn't solved yet.
When I want my laptop do a long schedule thing (like get all Mac OS X new ...
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Consolidating network devices to save on power bills
I currently have a Cable modem (with VOIP) which my Dlink DI-614+ (revB) plugs into.
Into the Dlink I have my network printer, and my Vonage DLink VOIP box connected.
I would love to consolidate ...
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How to interpret powercfg output and what to do about it
I just now performed this command in the command-line in my Windows 7: powercfg -energy
This will analyze the system for 60 seconds and generate an HTML file under your personal folder, detailing ...
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