Questions tagged [power]
Electrical power is essential to the operation of any computer and any of its components or peripherals.
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How important is power loss prevention (PLP) in SSDs?
There was a nice SATA SSD on sale today, but I didn't get it because it came with no Power Loss Prevention (PLP) guarantee. The same vendor used to make a similar SATA SSD drive that did offer PLP, ...
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Dell PC16250 laptop keyboard stops working [closed]
When I turn on my laptop the keyboard does not work. When I restart the my computer the keyboard works. This problem happens on restarts or when powering on from a cold start. I have clean-installed ...
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Are sense pins in PCIe power connector on GPU used for powering of GPU? [closed]
Are sense pins in PCIe power connector on GPU used for powering of GPU? I mean it does current for powering of GPU flow by these sense pins in PCIe power connector on GPU like on other "normal&...
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Connecting two PSU cables with different Amp/Voltage together? (PSU Cable extender, pics included)
I'm kinda crapping myself.
I bought a CH160 case that comes with a PSU cable that facilitates in closing the PC case (Images below).
Base PSU Cable (Black)
White Cable that comes with case with ...
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How to deal with a power outage that occurred while PC was in use?
I have a Windows 10 Home machine, and a power outage occurred while I was using my computer. Now it takes an hour and 18 minutes before it's usable, and 2 hours to shut down, and that's after logging ...
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Can a SATA hard drive be hot swapped? [duplicate]
Can I swap SATA hard drives with power on, or will it cause damage to any component?
I haven't tried it yet as a precaution.
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I cant find this Gigabyte GPU power connector cable
This connector on a 1U server motherboard is described as "2 x 4 Pin GPGPU Power Connector" in the manual but I cant find any other info on it. I would like to power a GPU from it if ...
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Power went out while writing to a 12 TB external hard drive: Should I do a full format or quick format?
I strictly use Windows and the external hard drive (mechanical) file structure was set as ExFat.
Now it was writing when the power went out. So I ran a chkdsk on it, and a huge number of files have ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga won't shut down on Windows 11 24H2
I'm currently experiencing an issue with my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga running Windows 11 version 24H2. Whenever I try to shut down the laptop through the Start Menu or by using the "shutdown" ...
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How can I determine what is causing a "weak charging state"?
I connected my (Dell XPS) laptop through USB-C to a universal docking station, and connected the docking station through USB-C to a Dell charger. As a result, I saw this icon with the message "...
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If I run the same tasks on a higher-end computer, will it consume more power?
Consider the following two laptops.
An HP ZBook Firefly, which has an A500 RTX graphics card and a 100 watt USB-C charger;
An HP ZBook Power, which has an 2000 RTX graphics card and a 150 watt barrel ...
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My HP Laptop shows light on the charging port but it's not charging the battery
So my HP laptop keeps showing orange light on the charging port but it doesn't charge the battery.
I was using my laptop regularly before, but yesterday I didn't use it at all. I was busy doing ...
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Can I change any key on my HP Stream laptop 11-ah1XX to make my PC "power on"? [duplicate]
How do I remap any key to power on/off my HP Stream laptop 11-ah1XX?
Because I accidentally broke the power cord on the motherboard where it is apos to be sorter on its not no more and I am scared if ...
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What do I need to consider when using a USB-C charger with a laptop that has a proprietary charger?
I had several laptops, and each of them had a different charger, that is physically incompatible with another laptop. Even two laptops of the same company (e.g. HP Zbook and HP EliteBook) have ...
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Server Power Backplane won't turn on unless I short PS_ON to ground
I have a custom power backplane (4+1 PSU up to 11 kW, pictured: power board) that won't power on with several motherboards (ASRockRack WRX80D8-2T, ASUS ProArt X670E, MSI Crosshair Hero VII).
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