(Warning! Not an easy fix) Laptop cannot add additional power management settings.

[Water]

I have a ASUS Zenbook laptop, that is significant because of the manufacturer and the problems I'll list below. The laptop, when unplugged, slows everything down horrifically. I cannot play a game, I cannot stay on a Zoom meeting, the hardware just runs much slower in order to save power. The problem is, I do not want or need to save power. I need this computer unplugged for an hour or less and to run at 100%.

Fixes I've already tried.

1) I have gone into WIN 10 setting for Power Management and have tried to add a performance plan. When I do so there are SEVERAL options that are not available. I have other computers (not ASUS) and the list of options I can change on them are expansive. ASUS lets me choose when my laptop shuts off, and very basic things. I have no advanced options to boost performance.

2) See #1. There are no additional plans, Balanced is it. Also, there are no plans that are "hidden" and I think you know what I'm talking about.

3) I have tried to manually add, from the Command Line, a High Performance Plan and and Ultimate Performance Plan with duplication codes taken from Microsoft. When executed in the Command Line, the computer acknowledges that High Performance/Ultimate Performance has been added. When I actually go into the power management settings, it is a different story. They were not added. The only addition ASUS allows is the Balanced plan. So for reference, if I use the Command Line to add Balanced Plan, Command acknowledges, then adds a second Balanced Plan to the options.

Good luck with this one guys.

[anrkyuk]

Have you tried a 3rd party power management program, something like Power Plant Assistant or KAR Energy Software ?

[Water]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย anrkyuk:

Have you tried a 3rd party power management program, something like Power Plant Assistant or KAR Energy Software ?

I have not, any associated risks I should be aware of?

[anrkyuk]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Water:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย anrkyuk:

Have you tried a 3rd party power management program, something like Power Plant Assistant or KAR Energy Software ?

I have not, any associated risks I should be aware of?

I'm sorry to say I have no first hand experience with such programs, other than being aware of their existence. I know they both have a large number of reviews which should aid in your decision in which or whether or not try them. Personally I never saw need to try one, your case however may be the reason for their existence.

[Water]

Power Plan was unusable due to a software error (checked and rechecked) and also appears to be forced donationware.

KAR looks like something for conserving, not boostinf performance.

Thanks though

[anrkyuk]

Not knowing your specs, I cannot say for certain but with many laptops sporting a dGPU, they are incapable of running at 100% off battery as the battery is incapable of providing the power required.

Has the laptop always acted like this ?

Is there any Asus Eco software installed ?, I had this with a couple of older Acer T series Intel laptops that had a load of bloatware including some Eco software that overrode the Windows power settings.

Can I ask specifically what you mean by " I cannot stay on a Zoom meeting"...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Wipe the Laptop 100% clean and do a fresh install of Win10 64bit 20H2 via your own self-made USB Flash Drive.

[Water]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย anrkyuk:

Not knowing your specs, I cannot say for certain but with many laptops sporting a dGPU, they are incapable of running at 100% off battery as the battery is incapable of providing the power required.

Has the laptop always acted like this ?

Is there any Asus Eco software installed ?, I had this with a couple of older Acer T series Intel laptops that had a load of bloatware including some Eco software that overrode the Windows power settings.

Can I ask specifically what you mean by " I cannot stay on a Zoom meeting"...

Sure.

I will unplug the computer when I'm doing on a workout, as our fitness centers are currently closed to hosting people, we do workouts in-home.Basically I take the computer from my office to a large room where I have room to workout.

No bloatware as far as I know, I removed a lot of pre-installed crap when I got it.

To the other guy who responded, this computer has been wiped twice due to a major hardware error (screen pixels died).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok so it's already been wiped clean after buying it; thats good to do for any OEM prebuild desktop or laptop; to ensure all their junk is gone. All you need is a clean OS and all the latest official Drivers for whatever the Motherboard has; Chipset, GPUs, Audio, LAN, WiFi, BT, Touchpad, NVME, USB 3.1/3.2; etc.

[Water]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad 💀 Motha:

Ok so it's already been wiped clean after buying it; thats good to do for any OEM prebuild desktop or laptop; to ensure all their junk is gone. All you need is a clean OS and all the latest official Drivers for whatever the Motherboard has; Chipset, GPUs, Audio, LAN, WiFi, BT, Touchpad, NVME, USB 3.1/3.2; etc.

I did a manual check and they seem to be up to date.

What I really think is the overall problem here is that the manufacturer has built in some sort of wacky power restriction control that cannot be changed through Windows.

I went into the BIOS to see if there was any way I could change power restrictions and didn't see any.

I realize this is a unique problem likely due to ASUS's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, so I'm not expecting an easy or miracle fix.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Most Laptops, when you run off of Battery, you have zero control with how the system firmware (BIOS) in-turn lowers the highest allowed performance of the system; because its hard-coded into the BIOS (without much control if any to the user) that when system is ran off of a battery power, the CPU & GPU clocks are forced to be lower so that the power strain on the battery is less, based on the max wattage that the battery could support. Most laptops do not contain a battery that would allow the system to run at full power like the external power brick would allow for. When running on battery though, this should be plenty of raw CPU/GPU power still to allow users to do everything they normally would at full speeds for the most part, outside of demanding Games that need the most from your CPU/GPU

To find "Wattage" of a power brick or battery; multiply the Volts + Amps

[Washell]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad 💀 Motha:

Most Laptops, when you run off of Battery, you have zero control with how the system firmware (BIOS) in-turn lowers the highest allowed performance of the system; because its hard-coded into the BIOS (without much control if any to the user) that when system is ran off of a battery power, the CPU & GPU clocks are forced to be lower so that the power strain on the battery is less, based on the max wattage that the battery could support. Most laptops do not contain a battery that would allow the system to run at full power like the external power brick would allow for. When running on battery though, this should be plenty of raw CPU/GPU power still to allow users to do everything they normally would at full speeds for the most part, outside of demanding Games that need the most from your CPU/GPU

To find "Wattage" of a power brick or battery; multiply the Volts + Amps

I was going to post that yesterday, but no modern day laptop should throttle to the point it can't handle a zoom meeting.

@OP: found this, listing some options you haven't appeared to have tried yet:

https://appuals.com/how-to-restore-missing-power-plan-options-on-windows-10/

[Water]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Washell:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Bad 💀 Motha:

Most Laptops, when you run off of Battery, you have zero control with how the system firmware (BIOS) in-turn lowers the highest allowed performance of the system; because its hard-coded into the BIOS (without much control if any to the user) that when system is ran off of a battery power, the CPU & GPU clocks are forced to be lower so that the power strain on the battery is less, based on the max wattage that the battery could support. Most laptops do not contain a battery that would allow the system to run at full power like the external power brick would allow for. When running on battery though, this should be plenty of raw CPU/GPU power still to allow users to do everything they normally would at full speeds for the most part, outside of demanding Games that need the most from your CPU/GPU

To find "Wattage" of a power brick or battery; multiply the Volts + Amps

I was going to post that yesterday, but no modern day laptop should throttle to the point it can't handle a zoom meeting.

@OP: found this, listing some options you haven't appeared to have tried yet:

https://appuals.com/how-to-restore-missing-power-plan-options-on-windows-10/

Thanks. I manually downloaded and imported the high performance plan to no avail. Like copying from the command prompt, it returns that the plan was successfully imported but when you go to the Power Management app there is no such option available.

Also, on the registry hack, my registry has no CsEnabled in that particular folder.

[Washell]

Silly question, it doesn't say "Show additional plans" beneath the balanced power plan, right?

[Water]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Washell:

Silly question, it doesn't say "Show additional plans" beneath the balanced power plan, right?

No, there aren't any hidden options.

I tried this again today with no fixes and my WiFi went out twice during the Zoom workout, it lagged heavily before each cutout. I used my wife's Mac after the second disconnect and everything was perfect, so it's not the WiFi signal, it's definitely going upstairs OK.

[MancSoulja]

It’s by design, my Surface Pro only has access to the balanced power plan as well. There’s a way to trick the surface into offering the other plans, but I don’t remember the details, it might be worth a google and a try on your laptop.