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sleep mode

  1. T

    PC won't boot after sleep mode.

    Hello, I bought a brand new prebuilt PC from iBuyPower. It's been working perfectly for a few days. Last night I put it to sleep and went to bed. Today when I woke up it was still sleeping, but clicking the keyboard or mouse wouldn't wake it up. I decided to power it off by holding the power...
  2. K

    Monitors randomly waking up from sleep or not going to sleep at all.

    So on my windows 11 desktop, I have my settings set to 5 minutes before monitors go to sleep. Normally this isn't an issue, however, randomly, through the night the monitors will wake up from sleep, then go back. Sometimes they'll stay on for ages sometimes they'll go back to sleep after 5...
  3. Golem74

    Recently unable to switch from 60Hz to 144Hz

    Hello everyone, I need your advice to solve a problem that appeared yesterday. My screen is the BenQ ZOWIE XL2411P TN 144Hz 24 Inch, and my GPU is an Nvidia RTX 2080 Super. I use a Display Port cable between the 2, which until yesterday allowed me to use the monitor normally in its 144Hz...
  4. C

    USB-C Laptop Dock Dual Monitor Waking From Sleep Question

    Hello. I Have tried to google this, but all methods thus far have failed. Here is what I am working with: Brand new HP laptop 2 external monitors MCY USB-C dock Plugged into the Dock: USB mouse USB keyboard VGA to monitor HDMI to monitor Ethernet cable Settings so far: Laptop set to not power...
  5. Kiuler

    PC restarts when awake from sleep mode

    Hi, im having a problem with my computer. Whe i put it to sleep he enters in sleep mode has normal, but when i press any key to wake him up, instead of doing the quick start, he just restarts and all the programs i had opened are closed. I tried to solve it but still no success, even formatted...
  6. AroArijan

    Solved PC Not going to sleep. Tried almost everything.

    So my PC hasn't been going to sleep after the set time. I have tried: Restoring to default options, Changing the advanced options Powercfg -requests shows everything listed as "None" Powercfg -lastwake shows "Wake history count=0" I have tried just about everything you can find on other forums...
  7. Rae

    ASUS UX362F sleep mode + black screen

    Hi! I was using it halfway yesterday when the battery became low, then when I went to plug it in the laptop just entered into sleep mode and didn't wake up. Now it definitely has battery and I tried to force a hard reset by following instructions online but it didn't work. The laptop will still...
  8. Kaffee

    Computer having multiple hardware related power issues

    Over the past few months, my computer has been experiencing multiple hardware related power issues, such as: Being unable to automatically go into sleep mode DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD Powering on but not properly booting, ie computer fans run at full speed but peripherals do not turn on...
  9. emilehmedlivevo

    Laptop boots up after a few tries

    Hi, my laptop is HP Probook 4730s, I have a problem that occurred by itself for about a month. I put the laptop in sleep mode, after hours when I try to open, laptop isn't opening. Screen stays black and fan starts spin fast after 3 seconds later. And I hold power button, laptop turns off, again...
  10. Giordano

    Display randomly shutting off - sometimes after only a minute

    Hello, I'm having a very random problem. After a literal few minutes, my computer will turn off the monitor and I guess go in sleep mode. If I hit the mouse, it turns back on and resumes as normal. Other times, I can leave the house for 10-15 minutes and it stays on just fine. I checked my...
  11. Giordano

    Display randomly shuts off after a minute or two of inactivity?

    Hello, I'm having a very random problem. After a literal few minutes, my computer will turn off the monitor and I guess go in sleep mode. If I hit the mouse, it turns back on and resumes as normal. Other times, I can leave the house for 10-15 minutes and it stays on just fine. I checked my...
  12. P

    Lenovo won’t sleep anymore, only hibernate!

    Hi guys, this is driving me crazy so I'd love any leads. Out of nowhere my Lenovo z585 (W10 OS) suddenly started hibernating every time I close the lid instead of sleeping. I've been through my advanced power options countless times, set the HDD to never turn off, entered "powercfg -h off"...
  13. R

    Solved Sleep mode no longer working (Lenovo z40 Windows 10)

    For the past few weeks my laptop won't go into sleep mode. I like to put podcasts on as I fall asleep and usually my laptop will go to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity, and I pick up the podcast where it left off the next night. Now it just runs all night or, if I unplug it, it runs until...