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    Always booting in "High Performance" Mode

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by redrubberpenguin, Aug 9, 2008.

  1. redrubberpenguin

    redrubberpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    Okay, something odd is going on. My XPS m1330 was working perfectly for a while, but now for some reason it always boots in Vista's "High Performance" mode. What?

    When I'm working on a different power setting and go to turn off my laptop, I can actually see the screen become really bright, which is probably the point at which it switches to "High Performance" mode. Weird!

    Anybody know how to fix this? :confused:
     
    redrubberpenguin, Aug 9, 2008
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  2. burkle25

    burkle25 Are you a color?

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    control panel > system and maintenance > power options

    check your settings under high performance

    try restoring to default and see if that helps
     
    burkle25, Aug 9, 2008
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    redrubberpenguin Notebook Consultant

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    I actually figured it out... thanks for the reply, though.
    Turns out it had something to do with RMClock... I just disabled the utility's power management capabilities and left it up to Vista to decide.
     
    redrubberpenguin, Aug 9, 2008
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