Power regulations cut off select Dell PCs from certain U.S. states
Better hope you’re not an Alienware gamer in California.
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What you need to know
Dell is no longer shipping certain PCs to a handful of U.S. states that have tightened their rules and regulations around computer power consumption. The headline and “what you need to know” box already summarize this, meaning you’re 99% caught up on the current situation, but there are a few specific details to go over in the event you live in Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, California, or Colorado.
As reported byThe Register, Dell is no longer shipping the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Gaming Desktop to select states in the U.S. If you attempt to place an order and ship the machines to any of the blacklisted zones, your order will be canceled.
In a statement to The Register, Dell clarified the situation. “[…] This was driven by the California Energy Commission (CEC) Tier 2 implementation that defined a mandatory energy efficiency standard for PCs – including desktops, AIOs and mobile gaming systems. This was put into effect on July 1, 2021. Select configurations of the Alienware Aurora R10 and R12 were the only impacted systems across Dell and Alienware.”
At the time of the report, Acer commented that it was looking into the matter regarding its own products, and HP didn’t provide a comment.
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