power management

My device: Gateway 2-in-1, 11.6" notebook (Windows 11 Home) Hello, all. I couldn't find any way to increase my screen time-out on my device. It's awfully frustrating: the screen goes dark very quickly (perhaps a minute or so), and I need to press the spacer bar to bring it back up. Other...

I have a windows laptop being used in clamshell mode with external monitor. After i sent it to sleep when i try ti wake it up with mouse movement its not waking like macbook. Saw online videos to change setting in device manager>mice settings>power management But i do not have power management...

Hey. So like a year ago I got some water on my Dell g3 and the battery got fucked up (also the keyboard). I can't spend on a battery right now because I have to import it from another country and it's kinda expensive. So I unplugged the battery and I'm using the laptop plugged in all the time...

Hello, Occasionally, when watching a video* through Google Chrome, I notice CPU usage goes way up. Resource Monitor shows it's due to a svchost process in charge of "DComLaunch, PlugPlay, Power". For one, Sysinternals' psservice.exe says that the PlugPlay service is...

I'm running Windows 11 22h2 on a Dell XPS 8950 desktop. My power settings specify Never sleep and never turn off screen. I run a screen saver app. I shut down my computer every night and power up (so boot) the next day. Many days I'm at my computer most of the day, or at least on-and-off. Some...

I'm running the latest version of Windows 11. I run a few Rainmeter Gadgets too. Particularly the CPU Usage gadget. I have my computer set up to turn off the display after a certain amount of time. Then the display turns back on when I move the mouse. Lately when it starts back up the CPU...

Hi I use my Win10 as an pure media file server, is there an way to make Win10 read usage of network and Hibernate if noe network activity is not breing used for the last hour? Petter

In a multimonitor system, I would like to be able to put 2 monitors to sleep while keeping the third awake. Computer will still be active to show something on the third screen. Please don't misunderstand me. I mean that when I don't use the mouse or the keyboard for a while, two of the monitors...

hi, this is a very weird situation that i am encountering. I notice that whenever I shut down the laptop, my battery drains 40-50% a night. Now, here's the weird catch, I have experimented for a few days and this is my findings: Whenever I shut down my laptop and leave the lid open, my battery...

Howdy Folks! Running a Dell XPS 9710 + Windows 10. I have power management setup the way I’d like except when the computer sleeps, all of my open apps close. I have Hibernate set to never forget brother Batter and AC (although the battery option doesn’t give allow for never, I just have a high...

Hello, I've been using almost for a hole day my laptot. The battery performance is good but the problem is that my laptot (MSI prestige 15) always indicates that I have a 99% battery always, no matter for how long I use it. I will try to drain the battery until the laptot switches off but I...

I got 3 new batteries recently for 3 different model laptops (Windows 10). One is working as expected. The other two batteries work well and charge and discharge normally. They are usually kept plugged in most of the time. we get a lot of power interruptions so then the batteries discharge a...

Brand new Lenovo. Minidumps shows: Minidump 1: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) A driver has failed to complete a power IRP within a specific time. Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been blocking an Irp for too long a time Arg2: ffffae88e022f360, Physical Device Object of...

Hi So I've purchased another mouse and for some reason the manufacturer felt the need to put lights in it which is inconvenient to me at least. Can I disable the live usb ports on the pc so it and the keyboard lights won't be on when the pc is turned off?

My laptop shuts down when the battery charge is above 40%. Is the battery dying? Here are some details about the battery from the app "batterycare": -current battery capacity: 100% -battery remaining time: 3h58minutes -battery status: full charge -discharge cycle progress: 7/30 -Designed...

When the charger is plugged in the battery charge display is stuck at 8% for several minutes. Other times when the battery is fully charged and the charger is unplugged the battery display remains stuck at 100% for several minutes. The laptop also shuts down due to a low battery. Before it shuts...

I am using Windows 10 (64bit version).. In recent days I observed that when battery percentage is reached to 40%, my laptop is shut down automatically (suddenly) even without any warning.. Is this a problem with software or with battery? How can i fix it.. Any suggestions... Thank you..

Hello! I was having some trouble with my built-in NIC where internet would disconnect randomly, so I went and purchased a dedicated network card. This card does not have the same issue, my connection is stable and does not drop, but it does not work at all the first time I turn on my PC. In...

I get a high pitched hiss from the computer upon entry of certain usb slots with usb memory chips. I have never seen this phenomena in previous computers, is there any kind of manipulation available of the power/current of these usb or pci devices which might possibly affect their pitch?

My Windows 10 laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad X220) is failing to wake from sleep. It goes to sleep normally but after half a minute the sleep light goes off (it should stay on), and when I press the button (which should wake it) it reboots, then works normally. The problem occurs on both battery and...