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June 19th, 2021 08:00

Dell G15 Missing high performance power plan option

hello, ive recently recieved my new dell g15 gaming laptop and have recently discovered a small problem with it. it has no high performance power plan. by the looks of it, dell have taken control of the power plans which i personally dont want. as seen in this picture, these are the power plans i have.

Power Options 19_06_2021 16_21_22.png

 

And when i go to create a new one, these are the options i have. 

 

Create a Power Plan 19_06_2021 16_24_07.png

Also, when i try to edit them, this is what shows up.

Power Options 19_06_2021 16_21_26.png

Ive tried all the fixes that are on youtube and have looked at some posts on the dell community, but none of them have fixed my problem. ive been in the registory editor and at first there wasnt a CsEnabled option but Ive seen that you can create them which i tried but that didnt work. ive also done the command prompt and dell powershell copy and paste thing but that hasnt worked either. please help.

 

thanks!

  • DELL-Chris M

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    Posted June 28th, 2021 05:00

    All,

    When running that command, it creates an additional Power Plan drop down called Ultimate Performance. You then need to open every + and examine the changes made.

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  • crimsom

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    Posted June 19th, 2021 09:00

    Hi @Samson_Smith  welcome to this user to user discussion forum. This is not Dell Support. 

    Posting images is an excellent method to communicate when words are inadequate. Three images have been posted and the last image is good. The earlier two images are mainly white and not good. Please consider reducing their size, so that their sparse content can be seen. 

    Please click on Product Support so that Dell can identify your Dell G15 Model. Users can then customise their responses to your specific system. Do not share your private Service Tag or Express Service Code in this public forum. Thank you. 


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  • A51-06

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    Posted June 20th, 2021 07:00

    Well what I would do is just set the CPU minimum power to 100% when plugged in and then even if it’s the balanced power mode, you still get the performance.


    *NOTE: I am NOT a Dell employee, But I am a Community Rockstar*

    Quick Tip: If your laptop has voltage / charging issues, try shutting it down, unplugging power from laptop, hold power button down for 30 seconds to do a full reset!

  • Mary G

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    Posted June 20th, 2021 10:00

    Did you click on Show additional Power Plans? High performance was hidden at first for me. 

  • Samson_Smith

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    Posted June 21st, 2021 23:00

    I went back to have a look but its not there

  • Samson_Smith

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    Posted June 21st, 2021 23:00

    but I don't have that option

  • A51-06

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    Posted June 22nd, 2021 19:00

    Here’s something I did before.

    powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61

    Type that in Command prompt  as an administrator and then run it by clicking enter. Then go back to the power plans and click make new one. But make sure to close power plans before entering the command.


    *NOTE: I am NOT a Dell employee, But I am a Community Rockstar*

    Quick Tip: If your laptop has voltage / charging issues, try shutting it down, unplugging power from laptop, hold power button down for 30 seconds to do a full reset!

  • Viilutaja

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    Posted December 11th, 2021 05:00

    Hello, 

    Same problem as OP.

    Creating that "Ultimate Performance" mode with mentioned command only seems to make copy-paste version from the only Balanced mode. And none of the modes have that "Processor power managment" or any other Performance/Advanced drop menu.

     

  • Vinayak20

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    Posted December 14th, 2021 06:00

    same prblem there with me to

  • buhfrog

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    Posted January 8th, 2022 14:00

    To enable High Performance mode, open Alienware Command Center and Click F9 on the laptop keyboard. (There's also a huge G on the F9 key.) Once you do that, you'll see a blue G appear on the top of the screen in Alienware Command Center, and a pop up on the bottom right of the screen that says "High Performance Mode enabled". After you're in High Performance mode, You can click on the 3 slider looking settings button that's to the right of the dark/light mode slider, and go to the "Game Shift" tab and choose more aggressive cooling options. By default, it's set to High Performance, But if you really want your fans to scream, you can have it on rapid cool. which is the most aggressive cooling option. Hope this helps. I actually came across this thread, because I was trying to figure out a way to enable high performance mode without the laptop keyboard. I have my laptop hidden behind a TV when I use it, because of my toddler, just using a wireless keyboard. So if someone figures out a way to enable High Performance Mode without use of the laptop keyboard, I'd be eternally grateful. If you don't have Alienware Command Center installed, you can search for your dell g15 laptop model drivers on dells website, and install it through there.