What this guide is (and is not)
Idle Sleep after / “never sleep on AC” as the farm policy belongs in always-on-pc-earnapp-setup-europe-2026. USB settings → USB 3 Link Power Management belongs in earnapp-windows-usb3-link-power-europe-2026. USB settings → USB selective suspend setting belongs in earnapp-windows-usb-selective-suspend-europe-2026. Device Manager → Network adapters → your NIC → Power Management belongs in earnapp-windows-nic-power-saving-europe-2026. PCI Express Link State Power Management belongs in earnapp-windows-pcie-aspm-europe-2026. Energy-Efficient Ethernet / Green Ethernet belongs in earnapp-windows-eee-green-ethernet-europe-2026. Processor idle disable, boost mode, max/min processor state, cooling policy, Energy Saver, Efficiency EcoQoS, Game Mode, Xbox Game Bar, turn-off-display, hard-disk timeout, AHCI HIPM/DIPM, power button, lid close, hybrid sleep, Hibernate after, Modern Standby, Fast startup, Wi‑Fi Power Saving Mode, random MAC, metered NIC, reboot autostart, SmartScreen, new-PC, offline/$0 and first PayPal have their own pages. Here the stall was Universal Serial Bus controllers → USB Root Hub / Generic USB Hub still allowed to power off while the plan USB rows and the NIC adapter checkbox were already Off, Sleep after was already Never, and the only NIC is a dongle behind a hub or dock on AC.
RefDeal will not invent a “USB hub unlock promo,” a dock coupon, or an EU payout minimum copied from a 2023 screenshot. The Device Manager Power Management tab on a USB Root Hub is a per-device PnP flag: checked = Windows may suspend that hub; unchecked = keep the hub enumerated. A cheap dock whose Generic USB Hub still has the box checked looks like a NIC that vanished after a quiet hour even though the tray process is still running and USB 3 LPM is already Off. EarnApp is a Bright Data client that needs a live, recognisably residential session and a NIC that still answers. Install from the tracked invite, then uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device on every USB Root Hub and Generic USB Hub that sits between the motherboard and your Ethernet dongle. A travel laptop can leave hub power saving on battery; do not farm that chassis overnight in a bag.
Confirm it is the USB hub checkbox, not USB 3 LPM
A USB Root Hub Device Manager checkbox is not USB 3 Link Power Management Maximum — it is a quiet-hour EarnApp stall from a docked hub that powered off on an “awake” box, not a missing promo code.
- Win+X → Device Manager → Universal Serial Bus controllers. Expand it. You should see USB Root Hub, often USB Root Hub (USB 3.0), and Generic USB Hub if a dock or unpowered hub is in the path. Right-click → Properties → Power Management. Screenshot the checkbox before you touch anything. Settings → System → Power & battery does not show this tab
- If USB 3 Link Power Management is still Maximum power savings in Advanced power settings, that is the USB 3 LPM guide first. SuperSpeed U1/U2 is a plan row, not this Device Manager tab
- If USB selective suspend is still Enabled in Advanced power settings, that is the USB selective-suspend guide first. Plan-wide USBSELECTIVESUSPEND vs a per-hub PnP flag are different layers — a docked dongle can still drop if only the plan rows are Off
- If the hub checkboxes are already Off but Device Manager still has Allow the computer to turn off this device checked on the USB Ethernet *adapter* under Network adapters, that is the NIC Device Manager guide
- If the NIC is onboard PCIe Ethernet with no USB dock, this page is usually a no-op. Check EEE / Green Ethernet and PCI Express ASPM instead
- If Put my device to sleep after is 5, 10, or 15 minutes on AC, that is the always-on guide first. A parked machine after Sleep is Sleep (or Modern Standby), not a USB hub that powered off while Windows stayed “awake”
- From an elevated Command Prompt: powercfg /devicequery wake_armed and look at USB hubs if you use wake-from-USB. Do not enable random USB HID wake on a shared family PC. Search Microsoft Learn for “Allow the computer to turn off this device” USB Root Hub, not a Telegram “EarnApp hub unlock.zip”
- After a quiet hour, Device Manager → View → Devices by connection. If the Ethernet dongle is gone until you unplug/replug the dock, the hub powered down — this page. If the dongle stays listed but has no media, check EEE / LPM / NIC checkbox instead
Uncheck USB hub power saving on the EarnApp box, on AC
Do this on the machine that actually runs EarnApp, on the home Ethernet path (dongle + dock or onboard) you intend to keep. Do not fight a work laptop whose MDM restores hub power saving, and do not farm a phone hotspot.
- Open /earnapp/ and use the RefDeal tracked invite if the client is not installed yet. The invite attributes a first signup. It does not change Device Manager hub flags
- Best EU path: spare Ethernet mini-PC — USB Root Hub / Generic USB Hub Device Manager checkboxes Off. USB 3 Link Power Management = Off plugged in. USB selective suspend = Disabled. NIC adapter checkbox Off. Processor idle disable = Enabled. Processor performance boost mode = Enabled. Maximum processor state = 100%. Minimum processor state = 100%. System cooling policy = Active. Energy Saver Off. Efficiency leaf Off. Game Mode Off. Put my device to sleep after = Never. Leave the box on AC, vents clear
- On battery on a real travel laptop: leaving hub power saving checked is acceptable so the chassis can save milliwatts. Farm overnight only on AC with hub checkboxes Off, USB 3 LPM Off, USB selective suspend Off, Sleep Never, and the chassis not in a bag
- Tell the household: a dark monitor is supposed to happen; a USB hub that stays enumerated on AC will not spin extra fans. Do not buy a “hub unlock pack”. Prefer onboard Ethernet if the dongle still drops after hub checkboxes Off — cheap unpowered hubs and front-panel USB headers remain a hardware problem
After USB hub checkboxes are Off and Sleep stays Never
Sign in with the same account you intend to keep. Leave the box on AC. Confirm the official tray through a quiet hour. Use /earnapp/ if you never started from our tracked invite.
- Tray Online through a quiet week with hub checkboxes Off, USB 3 LPM Off, USB selective suspend Off, and Sleep Never: leave it. We will not quote a fake first-day amount. Screenshot your own dashboard if you need a record
- Hub checkboxes Off but USB 3 LPM still Maximum: switch to the USB 3 LPM guide. This page’s Device Manager tab is done; SuperSpeed U1/U2 may still drop a USB 3 dongle
- Hub checkboxes Off but USB selective suspend still Enabled: switch to the USB selective-suspend guide
- Hub checkboxes Off but Device Manager still allows the computer to turn off the USB Ethernet *adapter*: switch to the NIC power-saving guide
- Hub checkboxes Off but Processor idle disable still Disabled on a USB NIC box: switch to the processor idle-disable guide (C-states can still stall uncore + xHCI)
- Hub checkboxes Off but EEE / Green Ethernet still On on a USB Realtek: switch to the EEE guide
- Hub checkboxes Off but Energy Saver still On: switch to the Energy Saver guide
- Hub checkboxes Off but EarnApp.exe still shows Efficiency: switch to the Efficiency-mode guide
- Hub checkboxes Off but Sleep after still has minutes: switch to the always-on guide
- Hub checkboxes Off, stall is SATA Partial/Slumber: switch to the AHCI HIPM/DIPM guide
- Hub checkboxes Off, stall is NVMe ASPM: switch to the PCIe ASPM guide
- Hub checkboxes Off, tray Limited on a modern laptop with Sleep Never: switch to the Modern Standby guide and run powercfg /a
- Hub checkboxes Off, USB 3 LPM Off, USB selective suspend Off, idle-disable Enabled, boost Enabled, max 100%, min 100%, cooling Active, Sleep Never, Energy Saver Off, Efficiency leaf Off, Game Mode Off, Game Bar Off, HIPM/DIPM Active or N/A, ASPM Off, disk timeout Never, screen timeout short, lid Do nothing, hybrid sleep Off, power button Do nothing, Hibernate Never, Fast startup Off, NIC checkbox Off, EEE Off, Wi‑Fi unused or Maximum Performance, random MAC Off, unmetered home fibre, tray Online, still $0 after a quiet week: switch to the offline/$0 guide (firewall, official binary, Limited)
What we will not claim
There is no RefDeal EarnApp promo code, no published “USB hub Off bonus,” and no honest EU minimum we can paste from a 2023 screenshot. Primary CTA stays the EarnApp offer with our tracked invite. Hub: /guides/bandwidth-safety/. Starter: /en/start/bandwidth/.