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  2. Power supply unit (computer) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a 900-watt power supply with the 80 Plus Silver efficiency rating (which means that such a power supply is designed to be at least 85% efficient for loads above 180 W) may only be 73% efficient when the load is lower than 100 W, which is a typical idle power for a desktop computer. Thus, for a 100 W load, losses for this supply ...

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  4. PC power management - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, Linux distributions include a variety of power management settings and tools. [5] There is a significant market in third-party PC power management software offering features beyond those present in the Windows operating system. [6] [7] [8] Notable vendors Data Synergy's 'PowerMAN', [9] Faronics' 'Power Save', [10] [11] and Verdiem's ...

  5. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    A power-on self-test (POST) is a process performed by firmware or software routines immediately after a computer or other digital electronic device is powered on. [ 1 ] POST processes may set the initial state of the device from firmware and detect if any hardware components are non-functional.

  6. PowerTOP - Wikipedia

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    PowerTOP is a software utility designed to measure, explain and minimise a computer's electrical power consumption. [1] It was released by Intel in 2007 under the GPLv 2 license. It works for Intel , AMD , ARM and UltraSPARC processors.

  7. ACPI - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an open standard that operating systems can use to discover and configure computer hardware components, to perform power management (e.g. putting unused hardware components to sleep), auto configuration (e.g. Plug and Play and hot swapping), and status monitoring. It was first released in ...

  8. Built-in self-test - Wikipedia

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    Remote systems often have tests to loop back the communications locally, to test transmitter and receiver, and remotely, to test the communication link without using the computer or software at the remote unit. Where electronic loop-backs are absent, the software usually provides the facility. For example, IP defines a local address which is a ...

  9. Power supply - Wikipedia

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    An integrated power supply is one that shares a common printed circuit board with its load. An external power supply, AC adapter or power brick, is a power supply located in the load's AC power cord that plugs into a wall outlet; a wall wart is an external supply integrated with the outlet plug itself. These are popular in consumer electronics ...