G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I have a PC I upgraded to 10 months ago and ever since the upgrade if I put it to sleep and then wake it up it goes back to sleep after a short minute or two. I can restart the machine or start from shutdown and it doesn't do it. It's only after once putting it to sleep and then waking it up. This a common problem and so far I'm not finding any fixes that actually work. Any ideas? I've had 10 on three machine since day one and only this one does this. Anybody have experience with this issue? Thanks!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Burrows Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I would start troubleshooting by putting ALL power settings back to default and then make adjustments from there. Edit Power Settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 It's Windows 10. I keep thinking it's in the BIOS, since I did a clean install a couple of days ago, without fixing it, but the BIOS seems OK .... well at least as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Of course, the power plans were the first place I checked. Unfortunately, this is not that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Strangest thing: I have had this machine with 10 upgrade on it since last October and the returning to sleep issue began immediately. However, I only used it for a hour in the morning early and then for 30 or 40 minutes in the early evening and never put it to sleep. It wasn't until I starting using it as my all day system that I once again became aware of the issue. After lots of research and posts on several sites I decided to wake it using its mouse and not the keyboard and ........... holding my breath, it seems to work. I may have to click it a second time to wake up the monitor, but at long last an easy work-around. I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Burrows Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Charles Griffin Looks like it was simpler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 I call it dumb luck. I had been all through troubleshooting and powercfg and hours on the web, but in the long run it came down to habit, the habit of always using the keyboard to wake it up. Thinking about the fact that it's not any setting in Windows, because a clean install didn't fix it, or the BIOS pointed to hardware. I began to wonder what peripheral had been plugged in the whole time and nothing popped into mind. I guess because my thinking about it was changing, just by luck I broke from habit and clicked on the mouse. On the other hand it's not so simple, because the issue is not actually fixed. I just have work around that gets it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Thanks for the compliment. Good luck I'm told, is when preparation meets opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Scott Richards Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Thanks for the persistence, I have a similar issue with sleep & multi-logins. initially worked fine, then had a few weeks of not waking up properly, or not completing log-in if it did wake up. Then, for a couple of weeks it worked perfectly, alas it's now borked again & requires hard off. Seems MS update related by the time-frame of changing. Will try the mouse click approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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