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Tagged with power-supply windows-10
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Windows 10 won't go to sleep
Recently, Windows started to hang when going to sleep, which then shuts down on its own. The odd thing is that this doesn't happen all the time. It is able to sleep normally without issues when I just ...
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PC won't stay shutdown after power off when connected to UPS
I'm running Win10 on a custom build that is connected to a UPC. When I shutdown the computer, it will fully shutdown, then start back up after a few seconds.
I've updated my BIOS to "Power Off&...
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Windows 10 PC with SSD harddisk: possible problems due to regular power cuts?
For an art exhibition I have a mini PC with Windows 10 with SSD harddisk playing permanently a looped video.
When the museum closes in the evening all power in the building is cut off. In most cases ...
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How to disable the power button on Windows 10?
I have the following settings set in my Power Options settings:
However, it still does not stop my computer from being turned off when the power button is pressed. My cat often jumps onto my computer ...
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Disable "Slow Charger" warning in Windows
I have several laptops which support USB-C charging, and a 65W GaN PD charger. It's nice to have a compact power supply that works on a bunch of different laptops, even if it can't deliver the full ...
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Power usage in Task Manager says "very high"
I am running the next parts:
SMPS 750W
Ryzen 9 3900x
RTX 3060
24 inches led monitor
These parts are connected to 600 VA ups and wherever I run a software I see my power usage shoot up very high and ...
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Laptop micro freezes while not on external PSU
Hello I have been having this weird issue
My laptop while not connected to a PSU will experience weird micro freezes where my pc will simply freeze for a few seconds this issue will not accrue in any ...
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Laptop always turns itself on again
Since yesterday my Laptop won't turn off anymore. When I shut it down, it takes a few seconds and then it turns itself on again. Doesn't matter if I let it boot and shutdown again, or turn it of in ...
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How to diagnose the cause of black screen in Windows 10 OS?
I'm running into some problems with random black screens as described in another question:
random black screens
As I have not received so far, no reply that could help debug the cause of this black ...
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There are no power plans other than Balanced in Windows 10 Professional
I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop, I never use it for other purposes than web surfing and most usually use it on battery power. But nowadays my laptop is heating like ironbox. It is a pretty new laptop (...
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Can switching power settings on a laptop during an update affect the battery?
I recently had to move my laptop, and it started some planned updates as I was shutting it down. Being in a hurry, I unplugged the power cable and packed it, figuring that the laptop would just finish ...
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Desktop restarts loop In vertical
Desktop fails to start, bios screen then restarts loop, or keeps power turning off and on.
When kept horizontal pc seems to start, and keep running. What's the explanation for this ? Loose cpu ...
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pc automatically turns on when plugged in
Hello everyone I have some questions maybe you can help me with some advise on what I should do,, yesterday I have encountered a problem on my pc, My pc won't turn on immediately after shutdown so I ...
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What could be the reason behind a PC not turning on after changing the hard drive?
Just recently I was trying to install Windows 10 on my new SSD drive, while having HDD unconnected. Then I booted autoinstaller from USB and found out that my SSD was missing from the list(possibly ...
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Laptop doesn't start after being shutdown for a couple of hours except when connected to power
I'm using an HP Compaq 6530b laptop and for a year or more now, my laptop doesn't start after it has been shut down, hibernated, or even after removing the battery for a few hours, and only happens ...
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Whenever I plugin my laptop's charger, screen turns brighter and I don't want it, what's the solution?
Whenever I plugin the charger screen gets more brighter, I want it to remain as it is (as it was before charging)
How to get this done?
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New computer turns off after few minutes of using it. Powers back on. PSU?
These are the problems I have experienced:
Computer turns off while trying to install Windows 10 for the first time.
After many tries, I was able to install Windows but can´t use it as computer turns ...
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Loss of power during factory reset
So, I started a factory reset through windows settings
on my laptop while in college, not realising that it would take ages. My battery on my laptop doesn't work, so when I unplugged it all to go home,...
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Computer having multiple hardware related power issues
Over the past few months, my computer has been experiencing multiple hardware related power issues, such as:
Being unable to automatically go into sleep mode
DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD
Powering ...
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My laptop shuts down unexpectedly (no BSOD) when i unplug it from wall power, and battery seems like it's dying
My Asus vivobook X540UA (windows 10) suddenly shuts down without warning (no BSOD) when I unplug it from wall power, however I can still use the battery if I turn it on while it's unplugged - but then ...
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Computer boots up but is completely unresponsive
I have had my computer for 2 years and it has worked completely fine up until yesterday.
I installed the latest update (21.1.1) to my AMD Radeon software and restarted my computer to apply the changes....
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PC freezes in games and waking from sleep
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I've had intermittent PC problems that I thought were solved, but Doom Eternal showed me otherwise yesterday since it happened again.
For a while earlier this year when playing some more GPU ...
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Why does my laptop PC continue to crash out of nowhere?
I have been working with a Fujitsu Celsius H730 workstation with Win10 Pro for just over a year now, and recently it has started to crash seemingly out of nowhere (it just shuts off without any ...
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Pc freezes at mother board logo
My pc freezes at mother board logo and won't take any key input. If i let it standby for a few minutes, it would go to windows repair but even there, I'm unable to press any key to choose an option.
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Software to check source of freezing crashes
My computer keeps crashing regularly. Basically everyday. It never did that and only started when I got back home after being away for more than a week.
It starts by jittering and slowing down a lot. ...
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Computer Randomly Turns Off Playing Taxing Gamesa
I've tried everything now. I've formatted my SSD and reinstalled windows. Monitored for overheating with no obvious problems. Nothing seems to be obvious as to why this is happening.
Like I said in ...
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USB hub often disconnects entirely when transferring data
I have a standard non-powered 4-port USB hub connected to a Surface Pro 4.
I have 3 devices plugged into the hub:
Transmitter for keyboard/mouse
Powered 3tb HDD
Powered 10tb HDD
Every so often, on ...
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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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The performance of an laptop can be affected by the battery and by the AC power adapter? [duplicate]
I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 5567 (Windows 10) and today when I open the laptop I receive that message: "Alert! The AC power adapter wattage and type cannot be determined. The battery may not charge. ...
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Windows 10 Computer suddenly off? [closed]
A few days ago i upgrade my pc power supply and gpu. But i think its windows issue when my pc is free means (only few program run like browser and few folders) it suddenly off and turn back on.When i ...
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Fan and power lights remain turned on after shutting down PC
When I shut down my computer, the screen goes black as normal, but the power light remains turned on, and the fan doesn't stop.
If I hold down the power button for 4 seconds, it turns off, but I ...
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New PC freeze just a few seconds after the Windows 10 installation program starts
The problem: my new brand new PC freeze after a few seconds while loading Windows 10 x64 setup. When the motherboard logo shows up and the Windows spinner starts, then it freeze. Hard reset required, ...
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Windows 10 cpu usage not above 27%
For a while now I noticed my laptop has been slowing down. This is a pretty powerful machine. After a short investigation I see that my cpu usage never ever exceeds 27%. Looks like a power settings ...
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i7 7700 CPU power supply Watts [closed]
Can you tell me the power supply Watts for above configured PC? At this moment I have 350 W. Is that fine or?
Note: This is a software development PC and I'll not use this as gaming or any graphic ...
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Turn off USB power on computer shutdown, windows 10
Long story short, when computer is turned off, USB's are not, and manufacturers just love to adorn their stuff with LED lights nowadays. I want to sleep, but my room looks like a christmas party.
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Windows: Screen turns off and on again every time I plug in my power cord
I am having a lenovo X1 running window 10. As mentioned in the title, every time when I plug in my power cord or remove it, my laptop monitor turns off and on. I tried having the power and brightness ...
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PC restarts as soon as a game is opened
My computer restarts (power dies completely and the PC is effectively off for 1 second before it switches on again by itself) under 2 conditions:
1) At random after running under low work load for 6+ ...
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PC not powering off after shutdown
Just bought a new PC for a fried and I have a "small" problem.
After Win 10 install I turned off the PC, but the monitor is turning off and the PC is not shutting down (cooler and power button led is ...
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Windows 10: Sleep mode don't work, the computer restart itself
Sleep mode is a low-power state designed to provide very fast resuming
of a computer's operation, with minimal power consumption.
But when I click on Windows > Power > Sleep, my computer ...
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My PC reboots itself after upgrading to Samsung SSD 860 evo and Windows 10
My PC reboots itself multiple times after doing some heavy load task.. such as playing games, etc. my rig is old and im just slowly upgrading it..
My old specs were
Windows 8.1
Intel Pentium 4400
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My (Windows 10 Home) computer shuts down and reboots randomly; no bluescreen
My PC (running Windows 10 Home) with Corsair GS600 power supply and G6T motherboard shuts down randomly and try reboot and sometime shutdown again before Windows booted yet. And if it started and I ...
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No Battery Detected but it works if i disconnect AC
I'm having the exact problem described in this question: "No Battery is Detected" but battery works
A few months ago my laptop (ASUS ROG G750JH, bought roughly 6 years ago, now running on ...
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Power Supply needs for my first high end gaming Desktop? [closed]
This is my first time ever asking for help with anything related to computer issues but I feel like this is just too big of a risk for me to just go off of other people's questions. Anyway, this is my ...
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Black screen when powering on PC. Fixed by removing power plug, plugging back
I have a weird problem with my desktop PC. Sometimes (not all the time), after I power up the PC, the display shows a black screen. Nothing shows up. The PC was powered on successfully as I can see ...
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Windows 10 USB device disconnecting after a power failure
My USB mouse is always getting disconnected after a power failure. I tried unplugging the device and plugging it again, the laser lights for sometime and then it stops. For all USB root hubs i had ...
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Prepare windows for power failure
In my scenario i have Windows system that can be notified about a power failure
up to 200ms before the power failure (The UPS already failed in this scenario).
As this won't be enough to shutdown ...
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ASUS Laptop screen briefly turns off when connect/remove power cord (with demo video)
I have no idea what is causing this truly bizarre problem. Whenever I connect or disconnect my power cable for my brand-new laptop, the screen briefly turns off (2-4 seconds). Its really annoying and ...
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How to safely turn off USB-connected, ATX PSU powered 3.5" hard disk drives built as internal?
I have a bunch of internal, 3.5" HDDs which I connect them to my laptop using an adaptor which converts SATA/IDE to USB 2.0. I can choose the "Safely remove storage" option in Windows 10 and it ...
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Event ID: 4101 "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered." Faulty GPU or PSU?
Before RMAing my card, I wanted to make sure that this isn't a PSU related issue.
I have a GTX 1080 (stock) that began crashing very often when running intensive games and software. This recently ...
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Video card problems or something else?
I'm at a loss. My PC went crazy a few days ago while playing a game and now, after attempting many, many different things, I'm still unable to use it. My windows installation was destroyed. BSOD ...
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