- Click Start, Click Control Panel,
- Look at the top of the window, in the path bar you see “control panel >”
- Click on “>” (in the path bar) now click on “all control panel options.”
- (This will open up all the hidden controls available)
- Click Power Options
- click on the arrow to “show other plans”
- Check the Box that says "high performance"
- Click (in high performance) "change plan settings"
- Turn off display: set to NEVER
- Put the computer to sleep: set to NEVER
- Click: Change advanced plan settings
- Scroll down the list: Click on the + signs to expand the choices for each item on the list.
- Require a password on wake up: set to NO
- Hard disk: turn off the hard disk: set to NEVER
- Wireless adapter settings:
- Sleep: set to NEVER
- Allow Hybrid sleep: set to NEVER
- Hibernate after: set to NEVER
- Allow wake timers: set to disable
- USB settings:
- USB selective suspend setting: set to NEVER
- Power Buttons and lid:
- Power button action: Setting: set to shut down
- Sleep Button Action: set to: do nothing
- PCI Express:
- Link State Power Management, Setting: OFF
- Processor Power Management: Minimum state (set to) 7%
- System Cooling Policy: setting: Active
- Maximum State (set to) 100%
- Display
- Turn off display after: setting: NEVER (turning off display automatically can cause freezing also)
- Turn off the monitor power manually, when you want it off. Don’t use the auto monitor turn off.
- Multimedia Settings:
- When Sharing Media: Setting: Prevent idling to sleep
- When Playing Video: Setting: Optimize Video
- Click APPLY
- Click OK
- Open the bios set up and make sure "cool and quiet" is OFF. (AMD)
- If there is a power saver or a "quiet mode" in the bios, shut it off...
- There may be a performance setting in the bios setup you have...make sure it's cranked up to max.
- in the bios, see that the allocation for video, if available, is maxed.
- Now open the hardware manager profiles...
- click start
- click computer
- click system properties
- click device manager
- double click on mice and other pointing devices
- right click on HID compliant mouse
- left click on properties
- click on the power management tab
- UN-check the box that says: "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." (there is now NO check mark in this box)
- click OK
- Now repeat this procedure for all mice, monitors, keyboards, and ALL USB ports on the device manager list.
- You must open ALL the devices one at a time, as above, and turn off the power saver, for each device.
- NOW turn all the security back ON. NOW open your security antivirus. Make sure the antivirus is set to "gaming mode." Or "multimedia mode."
- This prevents the security updating from interrupting your game / multimedia priority.
- IF the security does not have "gaming mode" or "multimedia mode" get different security.
- IF you are using "free" security downloaded from the internet, get rid of it NOW.
- Use ONLY professional all in one security. DO NOT load multiple mismatched security programs, which conflict with each other.
- DO NOT load free tools into your system such as: "driver sweeper" or any of that "free" goofy stuff.
- Then re-test and let us know.