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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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