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What is the system cooling policy?
Windows 10 Operating System can automatically sense the changes in computer usage and environmental conditions.
This applies only when you have a gear with thermal management capabilities.
Lets take an example, the CPU is the most heat prone component of the computer.
Each CPU comes with minimum, optimal and maximum operating temperature specifications.
If you go beyond these ranges, your CPU may get damaged.
So the processor power management is very important for the optimalperformance of your system.
For modern Intel CPUs, the maximum operating temperature range is around 100C.
And the optimal range is below 80C.
If your processor temperature goes beyond 80C, Windows will automatically activate its system cooling policy.
Active cooling policy vs passive cooling policy?
This, in turn, increases the system power consumption.
This, in turn, saves power but also reduces system performance.
When to use active or passive cooling policies?
Normally Desktop PCs dont come with a built-in battery.
So they need to be connected to a power source all the time.
This means that power consumption is not an issue for Desktop PCs.
So it is advisable to keep the system cooling policy mode to Active for all Desktop PCs.
And the passive cooling policy should be used when the laptop is on battery.
Activate Active/Passive cooling policy in Windows 10
Now lets jump into the action part.
The steps below will let you set the system cooling policy to active or passive.
We will use a laptop so we can set different policies for plugged in and on battery configs.
This setting will optimize and prolong your laptop battery usage.
you could read more about the system cooling policy from Microsofthere.
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