Computer Won't Sleep

[The Reality]

It's driving me crazy to have to shut down my computer several times a day when I'd much prefer to put it to sleep! Whether I hit the keyboard shortcut or actually click on sleep in the start menu, the screen only goes black for a few seconds and brings me back to my windows log in screen as if it actually went to sleep and was woken up, all without the computer ever quieting down.

 

I've tried cmd commands "powercfg -requests" and "powercfg -lastwake" and both show "none."

 

Windows 7

[Jervi]

What OS are you running and what hardware (motherboard/laptop)

[LegacyStijncat]

Have you tried sleeping pills?

_{(I had too)}

 

What OS, motherboard and case?

[FLAMMABLEGAS17481]

i have the problem too i solved it by unplugging my usb sound card out

[Jarsky]

typically its that either you have Wake-on LAN turned on, or you have a USB device plugged in that isnt sleeping properly and its the wake on USB thats keeping it from sleeping 

[fracking4oil]

In device manager try disabling "allow this device to wake the computer" under properties for both your network adapter and mouse (sometimes the slightest movement will wake the system); use your keyboard to wake the system (I use spacebar).

[The Reality]

All of my devices are checked to not wake the computer. By "wake on lan," do you mean my network adapter? If so, that's checked off and seemingly not the problem.

[LegacyStijncat]

All of my devices are checked to not wake the computer. By "wake on lan," do you mean my network adapter? If so, that's checked off and seemingly not the problem.

Wake on Lan is something that for example Nvidia Shield uses to wake up your PC. There's settings for it in your pc as well as your router, normally.

[The Reality]

Wake on Lan is something that for example Nvidia Shield uses to wake up your PC. There's settings for it in your pc as well as your router, normally.

Where do I find this opetion on my PC? I've looked in my router settings (Linksys WRT160Nv2) and couldn't find such a setting.

 

I've been having this problem for so long I forgot to mention that it started when I installed a new SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO) with a fresh install of windows 7 to work alongside my hard drive (1TB WD Blue). Sorry for not recalling this earlier

[obsidian1200]

Where do I find this opetion on my PC? I've looked in my router settings (Linksys WRT160Nv2) and couldn't find such a setting.

 

I've been having this problem for so long I forgot to mention that it started when I installed a new SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO) with a fresh install of windows 7 to work alongside my hard drive (1TB WD Blue). Sorry for not recalling this earlier

Based on this, have you installed all of your drivers? I don't mean are all devices reported working in device manager, but have you installed device-specific drivers from the manufacturer. The behavior you're describing can be caused by a missing graphics driver. Find out what kind of graphics your laptop uses and install the driver either from the laptop manufacturer or the graphics chip manufacturer and see if this restores sleep functionality.

 

Cheers!

[LegacyStijncat]

Where do I find this opetion on my PC? I've looked in my router settings (Linksys WRT160Nv2) and couldn't find such a setting.

 

I've been having this problem for so long I forgot to mention that it started when I installed a new SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO) with a fresh install of windows 7 to work alongside my hard drive (1TB WD Blue). Sorry for not recalling this earlier

From the Microsoft site:

To turn power management features on or off

1. Open Network and Sharing Center (click the Start button, type Network and Sharing in the Start Search box, and press Enter).

2. Click the Change adapter settings link in the upper left of the navigation pane.

3. Right click the network connection you want to enable/disable power management support on and click Properties .

4. Click Configure .

5. On the Power Management tab, check or clear the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box.

   • When checked, power management is enabled on the network adapter. 

      

   • When cleared, power management is disabled on the network adapter. 

      

6. You can enable Wake on LAN for all wake methods or just enable magic packet WoL:

   • To enable Wake on LAN for all methods, check the Allow this device to wake the computer check box. 

      

   • To enable Wake on LAN for magic packet only, check the Allow this device to wake the computer check box and then check Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer check box.

      

   Note For devices that do not support ARP and NS offloads, Windows will default to wake only on magic packet.

    

    

7. Click OK .

[The Reality]

Based on this, have you installed all of your drivers? I don't mean are all devices reported working in device manager, but have you installed device-specific drivers from the manufacturer. The behavior you're describing can be caused by a missing graphics driver. Find out what kind of graphics your laptop uses and install the driver either from the laptop manufacturer or the graphics chip manufacturer and see if this restores sleep functionality.

 

Cheers!

Yeah everything's installed properly to my knowledge. I'm using a desktop with a dedicated graphics card and its driver properly installed.

 

 

From the Microsoft site:

To turn power management features on or off

1. Open Network and Sharing Center (click the Start button, type Network and Sharing in the Start Search box, and press Enter).

2. Click the Change adapter settings link in the upper left of the navigation pane.

3. Right click the network connection you want to enable/disable power management support on and click Properties .

4. Click Configure .

5. On the Power Management tab, check or clear the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power check box.

   • When checked, power management is enabled on the network adapter. 

      

   • When cleared, power management is disabled on the network adapter. 

      

6. You can enable Wake on LAN for all wake methods or just enable magic packet WoL:

   • To enable Wake on LAN for all methods, check the Allow this device to wake the computer check box. 

      

   • To enable Wake on LAN for magic packet only, check the Allow this device to wake the computer check box and then check Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer check box.

      

   Note For devices that do not support ARP and NS offloads, Windows will default to wake only on magic packet.

    

    

7. Click OK .

 

No luck

[r3bify]

Powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

Powercfg -devicedisablewake "devicename"