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Tagged with power-supply windows-10
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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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My battery stops charging randomly and then loses power
I have a Lenovo E540 running Windows 10 x64. For quite a while now, I've been having problems with how the battery charges.
When I plug it in, it will always start charging - maybe for only 30 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Power consumption in Windows 10 and Linux
How does Windows 10 compute the percentages of power used by various applications and hardware devices without any external power measurement device?
It's a fascinating problem to be able to ...
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Windows 10 Froze At Automatic Repair At Boot
Okay so this has had me scratching my head all day. My power supply literally went out with a bang (make a pop like a firecracker before shutting down) and I had it replaced with a bigger and better ...
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GPU no signal output, installing driver (on integrated card) causes system freeze
I recently decided to build a budget PC, I bought the following parts:
MOBO: Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
CPU: Intel I3-6100
GPU: Asus R9 280x
PSU: Cougar RS750 v3, 750W
RAM: HyperX 4GB DDR4
I've ...
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HP Laptop not charging when working, doesn't start without battery - Windows 10
I have a HP laptop and yesterday I accidentally hit the laptop on the table. It was fine but when I charged it, it didn't charge at all. When it had 60% remains, the charging indicator showed white- ...
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Is there a way to "hack" the power options in Windows 10, e.g. change from to 100% instead of 60?
In this link is said
There is nothing that a user needs to do manually, to maximize battery health on these batteries. For this reason, we don't provide any utility to manually manage battery ...
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Computer stuck on bootloop
So i've had my computer for about 7 - 12 months now and its been working perfectly fine i have an i7, asus Maximus vii, 890w power supply sad, hard drive and gtx 780.
Now the other day i was doing ...
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PC turning off intermittently
Current Specs:
Motherboard: Maximus VII Hero (Socket 1150)
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K
Ram: 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3-1599
Video: EVGA GTX 1070
PSU: EVGA 750 G3
SSD: ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Windows 10 machine rebooting intermittently
My windows 10 machine is starting to frequently crash. No BSOD, just power off and it starts back up. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to it... I can be working the box gaming or something and ...
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Computer won't fully shut down
I built a gaming PC last summer and recently upgraded my processor. Since upgrading, when I shut off my PC the OS seems to properly shut down and my displays lose signal. However, my PC appears to ...
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Computer shutting down by itself
My computer is shutting down by itself, and i don't know what is causing the problem. Here is my case:
Before
Last sunday there it was a storm and we had a power shortage, when the computer was on. ...
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Power supply issue? Or something else (PC turns off)
I build a PC about a year ago and I recently put a new graphics card in it (but I don't think that matters). It runs Windows 10.
The symptoms are the following:
If I leave the computer on for a ...
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Windows hangs on spinning dots
I did the most stupid move ever. I downloaded an Intel auto-detect-and-update tool from their website and ever since whenever I start windows with my 960GTX, It hangs on the spinning dots.
I swapped ...
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Sudden computer restarts(already replaced PSU)
So, this computer problem has been driving me crazy for the last year or so: every so often while gaming(if I game intensely for ~10 hours it happens once or twice), usually on the parts that seem ...
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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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