Windows 10: Power Option Changes Ignored?

Hi!

For a long while I've had a problem with Power Options being ignored. I want the Power Plan on High Performance, but I don't want my processor running at 100% all of the time.

If I set Balanced, my processor will happily clock down to 800MHz when idle as expected
If I set High Performance, my processor will run at maximum clock speed as expected

If I run High Performance and I change the minimum processor state to 5%, it carries on at maximum clock speed.
If I run Balanced and I change the minimum processor state to 100%, it carries on clocking down.

Creating a Power Plan based on High Performance and changing the processor state to 5% does nothing and my CPU is pegged at 4.3GHz.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Windows 10 Pro 1909

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• Which Build are you currently in? I dont know..probably the latest one. How do i determine "the build"?? I always update windows and pretty sure this is up to date here.
• Which troubleshooting steps did you try? Tried everything that was suggested,..power troubleshooter, update graphics card, set power settings to default, and other things.. nothing worked. Has been a problem for many months.
  How do i do this clean boot? I will need instructions for these things..step by step. i am tired of this machine ignoring the power settings. Need this fixed.

 

Power option settings being ignored

Hi David,

To fixyour concern,
let us do the following methods:

Method 1:
Run the Power troubleshooter and check if it helps.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click on Power.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.

If the issue persists then follow the below method.

Method 2: We
suggest that you
restore the power plan to default and check if it works.

• Right click on Start button and click on
  Control Panel.
• Click on
  Power Options.
• Click on
  choose when to turn off displayfrom the left pane.
• Click on
  Restore default settings for this plan.

Let us see how it goes.

 

Windows 10 Power Options Not working

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the below methods and check if it helps.

Method 1: Use the hardware troubleshooter to fix the issue

The Hardware Troubleshooter is an automated tool which will check the hardware connected to the computer for any known issues with it and provides the details and on how to fix them. Follow these steps and run the troubleshooter.
Follow these steps:

• Press Windows key to get the Start menu.
• Type Troubleshooting in the search box right up corner and hit enter.
• Click on Troubleshooting tab.
• Click on view all option on the upper left corner.
• Select the power options from the list.
• Click Next to run the power Troubleshooter.

Method 2: Also I suggest you to create a new power plan and check if it helps.

• Go to control panel and then click on power options.
• Then click on create new power plan.
• Change the power plan accordingly and check.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.