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    Question Power draw from wall outlet exceeds power supply rating?

    The laptop is a Clevo PB50RF sold by PCSpecialists.co.uk, a Clevo reseller. The power brick is original to the system. I have been using a 230W Chicony power brick for nearly a week now and seem to have eliminated the shutdown issue. It was sold by MSI and was not particularly cheap, but I...
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    Question Power draw from wall outlet exceeds power supply rating?

    I'm grateful for any assistance here. I used an electricity usage monitor to see how many watts my entire system draws from the wall outlet (see specifications below). I tested a series of games. For example, the monitor would read 210-225 watts during a session of Battlefield 5. Almost no game...