Questions tagged [sleep]
Sleep mode is a low-power state designed to provide very fast resuming of a computer's operation, with minimal power consumption.
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MSI Laptop wakes up immediately after entering sleep mode
Some time ago I posted on Fedora Discussion because my Fedora system (MSI Summit e16 flip running Fedora 38) started having problems with sleep mode after a kernel update (actually, starting from ...
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Sometimes computer won't enter sleep state when uTorrent runs
Sometimes the computer ( desktop ) won't enter sleep mode when uTorrent is running ( edit: not downloading ). If I exit uTorrent the computer enters in sleep mode without problems.
The Prevent ...
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How to change Windows sleep time to something > 5 hours?
Windows 11 settings allow different intervals until the PC is put to sleep due to inactivity. 5 hours is the longest duration. I'd like to configure my PC to go to sleep after a day's inactivity, but ...
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Asus ROG Flow X16 Sleeping When Not Intended
I recently got the Asus ROG Flow X16 with the Ryzen 9 6900hs. For my use cases, there have immediately been some strange issues.
Computer puts itself to sleep immediately when lid is closed, ...
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How can I configure Windows 10 to shutdown AFTER a certain amount of time AFTER I close the lid?
I want to make it so after I close the lid:
First, the system goes to sleep
After 10 minutes, the system shuts down
Is this possible?
I saw this question, but it is for Windows 7 and I am asking for ...
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Win 11 fails to wake screen after sleep
This is the same issue as several others already asked, but with a different requirement. Like the other issues, frequently upon waking my PC, the processor will wake but the screen stays black.
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Why does lid close powercfg setting not work after switching users?
I think I had changed my powercfg settings so my laptop wouldn't sleep on lid close. Then I followed an answer here and changed them so lid close would sleep.
When I restarted my computer and logged ...
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HP Thunderbolt Dock G2 won't go to sleep
I am using a Thunderbolt Dock G2 with my Lenovo T480 under Windows 10. Annoyingly the dock won't go to sleep when the laptop is switched off or in stand-by. All USB peripherials connected on the dock ...
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Win 10 laptop wakes from sleep to ctrl-alt-del screen
Old windows laptop (Fujitsu T732), had to upgrade from 7 to 10 against my will and better judgement. Since the upgrade, when opening the laptop from sleep it defaults to the ctrl-alt-delete screen (...
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Wind burst turns on computer from sleep
From time to time I manage to have my computer at sleep mode while I make some wind blow onto the computer. Like when shaking out the blanket or closing the door rashly. This computer configuration ...
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Windows wake from sleep odd behaviors
When I wake my PC from sleep, pressing the windows key doesn't bring up the start menu (all other windows key combinations work and restarting windows explorer does nothing), the media player (when ...
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How can I read values set with powercfg /setdcvalueindex?
The behavior of Windows Modern Standby's adaptive hibernate ostensibly depends on the following values:
Budget setting
Definition
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Powercfg command
StandbyBudgetPercent
Defines the battery ...
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How to lock on lid close in MacOS
I want to play music over Bluetooth while the lid is closed, and I want the laptop to lock when the lid is closed. I'm able to prevent my MacBook from sleeping on lid close with sudo pmset -a ...
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Should Windows 10 Pro have a GUI option for "Allow wake timers" under Sleep in a power plan's "Advanced settings"?
There are many examples of Windows 10 instructions that assume that the Sleep setting within the "Advanced settings" for a power plan will have an entry called "Allow wake timers". ...
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Checking Remote Connection History | Sleep Logs [Windows 10] [duplicate]
I am managing content displays for a company and over the last few weeks a problem has arisen where the devices have been going to sleep one-by-one during the night shift. The displays are powered by ...
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Display issues in Ubuntu Linux: monitor keep turning on & off during sleep and primary display run at lower refresh rate
Just moved out from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 22.04 for almost 2 weeks and noticed that when the computer is in sleep mode (screen blank power saving option on Ubuntu), monitor goes to a black screen for a ...
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PC shuts down when selecting Sleep
I've had this problem from a while now and it is really frustrating.
It all started after I changed my SSD with a new one. The one I had was M.2 SATA and the new one is M.2 NVMe. After changing it, I ...
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Issue with PC waking up immediately after entering sleep mode
I have a new PC that I was very excited about until I realized that it consistently refuses to enter sleep mode. More precisely, it wakes up immediately after being put to sleep. This is very ...
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Invoke S0 Sleep using Task Scheduler for all users
I'm trying to get a Windows 10 Optiplex 7000 to go to sleep at 10pm every day. I installed nircmd and created a task in task scheduler to run a .bat file with the following command: nircmd.exe monitor ...
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Hard Disk disappears after a long sleep time
Recently everytime the laptop is in sleep mode for a long time the HDD does not show up anymore. But after a reboot it shows up as usual.
I have a dual disk setup with the OS in the SSD. The HDD model ...
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Wake PC from Xbox One controller works only once
I'm trying to get my Windows 11 PC to wake from sleep using an Xbox One controller with a 1713 wireless adapter. The adapter works when I try to wake the PC immediately after putting it to sleep after ...
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What may be causing C Drive storage increases of more than 20GB overnight?
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Windows 10 user here. As the title says, somehow overnight my C drive has been populated with 20GB of data overnight. The situation happened recently, and is something new, as it has not ...
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Caffeinate cannot connect to server, authorization required
In order to prevent sleep, I have a script:
tmux new-session -d -s "cafe" "caffeinate sleep infinity"
This would run caffeinate forever in the background and not take up a ...
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Windows (11) immediate wake up after sleep
I'm running Windows 11 on an AMD 5800x. If I put Windows to sleep by selecting the Power button on the Start Menu and then selecting Sleep, Windows goes into Sleep and then immediately wakes up. If I ...
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Windows 10 PC can Hibernate and Restart, but not Shutdown or Sleep
I have a PC (Intel i5-6500 CPU in a Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI motherboard) that was running Windows 7 fine for 5+ years, but after a clean install of Windows 10 has seemingly endless shutdown/sleep ...
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Windows 10 crashes after going to sleep/hibernate
I'm experiencing an issue where after I put my PC to sleep or hibernate, the monitor turns off and, after a certain period of time, crashes. This issue doesn't always happen though - for the first few ...
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My monitor's resolution keeps defaulting to the lowest possible after driver update, sleeping the PC or "reconnecting"; in general after short time
My monitor keeps reverting to the lowest supported resolution.
This problem usually occurs after installing driver updates, however, it can also happen when the PC has been has been sleeping for more ...
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Windows wakes up by itself and starts spinning the fan until I bring up the login screen
When I have put my windows 10 computer in sleep mode by pressing
windowsX → shut down or sign out → Sleep
It is more a rule than an exception that when I wake up in the morning,
The computer has ...
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CPU fan makes strong noise when opening directories, small programs (like web browser) and when taking the computer out of sleep mode
I have a desktop PC with the CPU Intel I7-12700F, the CPU fan Zalman CNPS10X extreme, and Windows 11.
In general the CPU fan is quiet and I don't hear it, but in these occasions I do hear strong noise:...
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Stop Ubuntu laptop from suspending when external diplay goes off when lid is closed
I work with a single external display and I'd like to know if it's possible to keep my laptop lid closed at all times.
If the external display is used I can close the lid, and the laptop will not go ...
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External Hard Drive Going to Sleep CONSTANTLY
External Hard Drive Going to Sleep CONSTANTLY:
I've been a tech 30 years, I've NEVER seen this before. This is not a question I have ever encountered. Toshiba Canvio (Nightmare) external 3tb drive ...
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Computer freezes a few moments after startup and wake from sleep (not all the time, but often)
My computer has been freezing a few minutes after start up or wake from sleep, and I have to force shut down and turn it on before my PC will work again. Reliability history shows no error that comes ...
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Programmatically Control Monitors Through A KVM (DDI, VCP)
I want to use a KVM switch with a few computers but I notice that I'm not able to use VCP commands to control it the way I can when the montior is plugged into the computer directly. For example, when ...
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Linux - Laptop won't go to suspend/sleep when the lid is closed
I recently discovered that my laptop won't go to sleep/suspend once I close my lid and this is actually driving me crazy.
Here is a little information on my machine:
Kernel: Linux 6.3.1-arch1-1
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Windows 10 won't go to sleep
Recently, Windows started to hang when going to sleep, which then shuts down on its own. The odd thing is that this doesn't happen all the time. It is able to sleep normally without issues when I just ...
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Windows 11 system keeps sleeping
My fully-updated Windows 11 Pro system keeps turning itself off or going into sleep or hibernation mode. I'm not technically sure which because I'm not a regular Windows user.
It is a virtually fresh ...
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Can Plex Server turn on at a pre-set time?
I have found Plex Media Server to be very resource hungry. My CCleaner recommends putting it into Sleep mode which is fine wile I'm on the PC. I swap rooms with my wife about 5PM everyday (pc still ...
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Computer Goes to Sleep Within 2 Minutes Despite Settings
I have a Dell Latitude 9410 with Windows 10 Professional. For some reason my computer goes to sleep within 1 to 2 minutes despite my power and sleep settings set to 30 to 45 minutes. I've tried a ...
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Windows 10 how to get into sleep state quickly when there is suspended process
I use Process Hacker or PsSuspend to suspend process. When there is no suspended process, Windows get into sleep state completely only seconds after I clicked sleep from the power menu, but become ...
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Windows 11 laptop fails to wake properly from sleep, then prompts for BitLocker recovery key after first reboot
We're having trouble with an LG gram 17" Model 17Z90Q laptop. Occasionally it will wake from sleep to only a a black screen with only the mouse cursor, requiring a reboot. It will then prompt ...
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Make laptop wake when I touch the screen
I have a HP elitebook G4 laptop which has a touch display with ten touch input points and would like to know how to configure windows 10 to detect when the screen is touched and wake the device or ...
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PC makes constant loud clicking sound after 30 minutes of sleep
Summary: Newbuild PC makes clicking sounds after 30 minutes of sleep.
Newbuild Intel Nuc Extreme 13. Works perfectly, however after 30 minutes of sleep it starts making loud ticking sound. It seems ...
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USB Keyboard stops Windows 10 from sleeping
I recently got a USB wired keyboard (a Keychron V1). When I leave this plugged in it appears to stop my Win 10 laptop (a Dell Precision 5530) from sleeping, ie, if I unplug it my laptop sleeps as ...
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Possible to have both modern standby and normal sleep?
I currently have modern standby enabled. If I shut my laptop lid or click sleep from the start menu (Windows), the computer doesn't actually go to sleep and I can "wake" it easily by ...
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How to enable hibernation after certain sleep duration automatically in Windows 11?
I had an old hp laptop that used to go to hibernate after certain hours of sleep duration. So for eg., if I sleep my laptop manually it would automatically goes to hibernate after a certain hour or 1.
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How to identify Bluetooth adapters support WakeUp Windows PC from sleep on a keyboard or mouse action?
Even in Windows XP you could find a message in the log, like "this BT adapter does not support storing keys and wake up is not possible".
Okay, so knowing that, what kind/model/brand of ...
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Event log shows Windows wakes up from prolonged sleeps (8 hrs), but monitors and keyboard don't respond; shorter sleeps work (5 minutes)
I have a Windows 10 install that has been behaving correctly for the past few years, waking up from sleep quickly and easily whether it has been off for a minute or for days.
Recently, it only wakes ...
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Windows 11 laptop unexpected shutdown during sleep
I have a Framework laptop running Windows 11.
Very often (but not every time) I put it to sleep, when I wake it up (by pressing the power button) it goes through the regular boot process and all my ...
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Turn off Windows screen without locking screen in Windows 11
I usually have my computers set up to require a login after waking up from sleep or hibernate, but I don't want to enter a password if the screen is just turned off, either from a timeout or if I ...
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Windows 10: Only wake display with keyboard after PC power button press
I recently got a set of new monitors for my PC and it's a bit awkward to turn them off when I'm done with my PC for the day, and my screensaver/auto sleep doesn't always come on, due to background ...
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