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How to ensure that the computer doesn't beep when put in sleep mode?
Putting this computer into sleep mode gives faint but noticeable beeping sounds synchronized with the blinking light. System and hardware info:
Device name DESKTOP-GG6AA6L
Processor Intel(R) Core(...
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Make Windows 11 sleep instead of shutdown during power outage
Just upgraded to windows 11 and noticed that during a power outage the PC shuts down. With windows 10 the PC would sleep (or hibernate) instead of shut down and when the power was on again I had all ...
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How to troubleshoot random laptop poweroffs?
My Thinkpad x230 shuts off randomly. There's no shutdown sequence or any delay, just click, off. It can run for hours or days just fine, or do it several times in one day. It boots back up immediately ...
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UPS graceful shutdown - how to automatically restart the server when the power is back?
I have a home server (Intel NUC i7) supported by a basic UPS (Eaton Ellipse Pro 650).
The UPS is connected to the server via USB and is configured to gracefully shut it down when its power runs off. ...
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ASUS TUF Gaming FX505dt doesn't reliably turn on
I'm facing some issues for a couple of weeks. Sometimes when I try to power on my laptop and press the power button the keyboard backlit turns on and the diplay also turns on but before showing ...
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Laptop randomly powers off; this does not seem to be caused by any of the common causes
This started happening yesterday: My laptop will shut down at random. Immediately after shutting down, it becomes difficult to turn back on (i.e., it'll sometimes turn on for a second, then shut off ...
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Computer Restarts while on UPS
I am using a 650va ups (not a good brand) My previous pc had 400w psu and it worked fine.
Now i am using a new pc (i5 10400f, gtx 1660ti oc, 550w 80bronze psu)
Whenever the electricity goes off, trip ...
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Old FreeNAS server shutdowns every day after being moved. Why?
This is probably something obvious, but I have an old HP machine that we've been using for 9 years as a file server (it uses FreeNAS 9.2). It's been working fine, but I recently moved it to another ...
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Windows 10 shuts down/powers off randomly in sleep mode for no reason
My Windows 10 laptop (a Dell Inspiron 5491 2n1) shuts down randomly during sleep. It does not hibernate, nor perform a clean shutdown, it (seems to) simply power off. This also deletes all saved work.
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Turn off/on vs Keep running: which gives longer lifespan?
Powering off a PC component, and powering it on, are stressful events that may lower its lifespan. In my own experience, long lasting components almost never broke mid-use. Rather, once turned off, ...
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Computer won't shut down properly with USB device plugged in
I'm running Windows 10 and recently bought an Audioquest DragonFly Red USB DAC - ever since, the device is of course plugged in constantly so that I don't need to reconnect it each time I start the ...
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Computer shuts down instead of going to sleep
I have a windows 10 computer, and whenever I press the power button, even though it is set to sleep, shuts down the computer anyway. It does this when I select sleep from the start menu as well.
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Windows 10 – change start power options labels
I would like to change the title of power options in start menu.
I did try some experiments with some .dll.mui files (ShutdownUX.dll.mui and powrprof.dll.mui for instance) and registry keys but the ...
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Weird power/shutdown behaviour with a windows 10 laptop
I've got a Windows 10 Pro Dell Latitude e7440. I'm having a few power issues, which appear to have something to do with shutting down.
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Every time I hibernate my laptop, and turn it ...
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How can I remove **only** the “Shut Down” option from the start menu? [duplicate]
I want to remove only the “shut down” option as I wrote in the title
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unexpected shutdowns under GPU load, but GPU doesn't *appear* to be overheating
Hi there! I really hope someone can help trouble shoot this!
I'm getting unexpected shutdowns when GPu is under load. It has happened before (just last month), and it seemed to be fixed previously by ...
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Laptop randomly shuts down after latest Windows 10 update
Since the latest update of Windows 10 my computer decides to randomly shut down after every couple of minutes. First the screen goes black, then the sounds stops and after quite a while the power also ...
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How to configure Windows to survive power outages?
I have several PCs working in environment where the power is often unpredictably switched off.
There is some kind of capacitor backup that keeps the power for 1 second after the power outage.
Using ...
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How can I map the power key on the keyboard to shut down the laptop?
I have recently bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 520 notebook with Windows 10 Home (x64) pre-installed. This laptop does not have a dedicated power button off its keyboard. That is, the power button is ...
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Does putting a computer to sleep pause shutdown timer?
I have a script I use to shutdown all of the computers at my work location after 4 hours that I run everyday. Lately, I've been getting reports of users computers shutting down in the middle of the ...
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Computer immediately turns back on after "Shut Down" or holding power button, after editing registry
I have 4 PCs which I'm 'setting up' ready for a client. I created a batch script to set a load of values which need setting so that I can save time by not having to do it manually. (See batch script ...
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How to detect shutdown failure?
I have a computer running Ubuntu 14.04.05. It is scheduled in BIOS to power ON every day at 5am and in case of powerloss (APM settings). It is also scheduled in sudo crontab with command
shutdown -...
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Computer shuts down randomly, not overheating, kernel-power 41 error
I know there are a lot of threads about this across the internet but none of them really point to a particular cause or a fix.
Over the last few weeks, with increasing frequency, my computer has been ...
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Is there a way to add a push and hold to power down function in Windows 10?
I am working with a custom single board computer and am trying to modify how the power button functions. In order for the computer to shut down I'd like it to require the user to push and hold the ...
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Computer starts only when power switch is turned off momentarily
I can use my computer without any issues but I have to follow weird procedure to start it.
If you turn the power switch on and press CPU power button it won't start as it normally should. I have to ...
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Is it possible to simulate instant pc shutdown?
I need to know if it's possible to instantly shut down pc , so it's same speed as if I plugged it out of the wall. I'm using windows 10.
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Windows 7 Power Outage: WMC Graceful Blind Shutdown
Problem: Can't shutdown Win7 (blind TV monitor) after power outage while on UPS because WMC won't auto shutdown without mouse clicks on Win7 shutdown screen.
How can I shutdown Win7 without putting ...
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Power consumption: complete shutdown vs suspend
On one hand, a suspended computer takes a steady but small amount of power. On the other, I heard that a full bootup takes a lot of electricity.
How much is that? Should I care about shutdown vs ...
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Delay action for holding power button
So basically what happened is that sometimes accidentally press power button and it shuts down my PC. I went to Power options and pressed "Change what the power buttons do" and I can only change ...
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Toshiba Laptop suddenly shuts down when on battery
I'd be grateful if someone coud help me.
My Toshiba L845 laptop suddenly shuts down when on low battery. It doesn't hibernate in the usual way it did. It completly powers off, as if someone had pulled ...
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My computer shutdowns itself, how can I diagnose it?
I have a 5 years old Dell XPS 8100.
A couple of days ago, it suddenly shutdown itself and then restarted again. Just like if there had been a power supply outage at home... except there wasn't one: ...
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Can unplugging a VM be harmful?
We know that unplugging the power cable from a PC may damage your hard drive and may corrupt your OS.
Could the same harm (or any harm) happen if I unplug a VM (simulated by Power Off option in VBox ...
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Laptop Power Button Won't Shut Down Stuck Installing Windows Updates
I have a Toshiba Tecra R950 laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. Last night it seemed stuck on the installing updates screen while shutting down. I let it run all night and it is still stuck. So I decided to ...
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Identify last linux shutdown time
We have a server running RHEL 5.
Sometimes the power cuts and the server is down (the UPS handles only 30 min).
I want to be able to to identify the time of the shutdown, in an other term the last ...
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Are there any good reasons for halting system without cutting power?
Are there any good reasons to halt a system without switching off power to the hardware? I mean using the halt command without using the -p switch.
I haven’t been able to find an answer on the ...
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Shut down PC at a determined time
I have a software (calibre ebook manager) that fetches news at 6 am. I want to do the following :
Wake computer at 5:50 if not already on.(easily done in bios)
A scheduler opens calibre at 5:55 (done)...
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How to run an application in linux just before poweroff and after linux shutdowned itself
I have a embedded system that needs to be power off itself after shutdown. To power off, the Linux should send a command via an i2c to another device to power off the Linux board.
So to shutdown and ...
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Computer starts and shuts down. After pushing the power on, it functions normally
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* I have a working room with a common power switch for all the room. Every time I leave the room I switch the power off.
* In this room I have a Fujitsu Siemens computer running Windows XP....
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git corrupted on ubuntu vbox, power failure with proper shutdown
i use git on ubuntu headless server on virtualbox on my laptop.
when i shut down the pc, i don't bother shutting down the virtualbox, i just shutdown the pc.
it never was a problem.
it was fine since ...
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Computer shutdown when holding keys for too long
I'm using a Manjaro Linux with an XMonad desktop. I'm still not able to reproduce the exact conditions of the bug but very ofter when holding a key for very long, the keyboard will freeze (just that, ...
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Laptop shuts off unexpectedly while in motion
Recently I've been encountering a very annoying problem during my commute in which my laptop unexpectedly powers off. I am using a Dell Inspiron 15 with a touchscreen. The laptop is just a bit over a ...
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Does the computer keep using electric while it is shutdown?
Does the computer keep using electricity when it is shutdown?
I had a computer a long time ago that was very old, even without windows, it had only DOS. Then I bought new computer so I still had my ...
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Power button doesn't work in WIndows 7
So I have a dell notebook which doesn't shut down when I press the power button. I can select shutdown from the Start Menu though.
I think it's a software problem because I can turn on the computer ...
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NAS not shutting down
I'm running a network attached storage appliance (Iomega ix2-200) which is running some sort of Debian variant. Recently, the unit has been unable to shutdown cleanly, either via the web interface or ...
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No guest shutdown in Linux/Ubuntu?
I had to shut down a bunch of Linux boxes tonight because we have an upcoming power outage for the whole building. I did not know any passwords for most of the boxes.
So, (on the Ubuntu desktop) I ...
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Why does Windows hang (until I press and hold the power button) after issuing a software shut down/restart?
My server, which I built with some spare computer parts, does not power off after when I shut down from the OS. When I try to shut down, Windows closes all programs and goes through the shutdown ...
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how to automate pc shutdown & power off?
How could I automate the nightly shutdown and power off of my computer at the mains. That is aiming to use zero electricity during the night.
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Can configure time you want shutdown ...
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Computer shuts down after a few seconds in Windows (power issue?)
I built a computer for a friend about 3 years ago. A few days ago the computer crashed to bluescreen and then shut down. When booting the next time, there were artefacts all over the screen. The ...
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My computer doesn't start - it is stuck in a turn-on, turn-off loop
When pressing the power button, my computer starts making start-up noises, but after a few seconds it shuts down. Then, after 2-3 seconds, it automatically starts turning on again and a few seconds ...
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Odd Shut down issue
Whenever I shut down my computer by press power button or shutting down in Windows 8 my computer comes on by moving the mouse.
I know it sounds like sleep mode but it's not.
Just to make sure it ...
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