PowerCfg -a shows:


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.2006]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>PowerCfg -a
The following sleep states are available on...

So, that does suggest that it is possible to isolate the power after the desktop has been put into hibernate.

I have wondered about the CMOS battery. I built the PC in May 2017, so it is now over...

Thanks for the info Denis.

I have read the MS information that states hibernate uses less power than sleep. This does suggest that power is used, although zero power is still less than the power...

I find it very hard to believe that isolating power during hibernate prevents hibernate from working as it seems to defeat the whole point of hibernating. Also, Googling, doesn't really give a clear...

I have a custom built desktop PC running Windows Pro 10 version 10.0.19044 Build 19044.

I generally use Hibernate to turn off the PC at the end of each day and turning on the following morning...

Thanks Selden, I already have that software installed and it is currently telling me there are no updates.

So, Intel says there are no updates, but Gigabyte told me there was an update of Intel's...

I would like to check the "required" drivers are installed on my machine. I believe the software that does this is called Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver. Is this correct and if so, how can I...

I never seem to get much response to posts on the Gigabyte forum, but as this is specific to Gigabyte BIOS I guess replies are better there rather than on this Windows forum.

Thanks, that's good to know, although it was the process of including them in the Gigabyte post that was very time consuming as you can't just attach an image, it has to be embedded as a link, which...

I've just spent some time adding screen images to a Gigabyte forum, to show the process I went through to create the RAID 1 array, which then didn't work for some unknown reason. Please click below...

sygnus21, you're not missing anything!

I have watched multiple videos and downloaded and followed the instructions in the RAID Setup Guide. They don't work. I do everything suggested without...

Unfortunately, my PC won't boot into Windows unless SATA mode is set to AHCI as it doesn't recognise the NVME.

I remember (and have notes) from when I originally setup the PC and created the RAID,...

Thanks Selden, I've created a post on a Gigabyte forum as I suspect my issue is very specific to my motherboard and so probably won't get much help from a Windows forum.

Building RAID 1...

I have a custom built PC running Windows 10 on a Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X Gaming 7 1151 7th Gen DDR4 RGB Fusion motherboard.

The machine contains 3 hard drives; one for the OS and two used in a...

I've been a long time user of Partition Magic, so used that to resize the Programs (G:) partition to use up the unallocated space between the two Primary partitions (C: and G:), which was originally...

When I used Ctrl+C to exit the "hung" MBR2GPT command, it gave the following error:

Cannot find room for the EFI system partition.MBR2GPT: Conversion failed

If by "extended partition" you mean...

When I got your post I was already in the process of creating a Recovery USB drive prior to deleting the recovery partition, but I did incorporate your suggestion to disable the recovery agent,...

It's been a couple of months, but I have now decided to go ahead and convert my drives to GPT so that I can change to UEFI and turn on secure boot, ready for Windows 11.

Imagine my surprise when I...

Thanks for the links. I will have a read and decide if I'm going to go ahead with these changes to my system, after first taking a full backup :-)

At the moment I'm in no rush to upgrade to...

So, here's the update I promised.

I found some notes in a Word document I had created to record the steps I used to build my desktop back in 2017. They mention changing the SATA mode to "Intel...

No, I didn't convert anything. I'm not sure if I had previously converted from MBR to GPT (a few years ago) as this PC has been running for around 4 years without issue.

I have tried using the...

The M.2 drive isn't shown in the boot priority list. This list only shows:

Boot Option Priorities
Boot Option #1 PO: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS38
Boot Option #2 MultipleCard Reader 1.00


I've...

I have already tried putting the settings back to what they originally were, but it makes no difference and the PC appears to have "lost" the M.2 drive, which contains the OS.

I've been looking...

I have a custom built Windows 10 PC using a Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X Gaming 7 1151 7th Gen DDR4 RGB Fusion motherboard.

Stupidly, I tried to change my BIOS settings to prepare for Windows 11 and I...

I purchased a Displayport (v1.2) to HDMI (v2.0) adapter. This plugged into the displayport socket on my PC and then one end of a 4K rated HDMI cable was plugged into the other end of the adapter,...