I constantly have to wrestle with Sleep Mode. Even though my Power Setting are correctly set there's always something else, a software, a hardware, a drivers, etc, that disturb those settings and prevent them from functioning correctly. One day everything works and the next day my PC doesn't go...
driver conflicts
drivers
energy saver
event viewer
fast startup
lidswitch
power management
power policy
power settings
powercfg
sleep and hibernate
sleep exceptions
sleep mode
task scheduler
uefi
unexpected wake
usb selective suspend
wake on lan
wake timers
I had a client very upset because the windows 8.1 update killed her Sonicmaster (s500c) touchscreen.
As it turns out;
The problem is caused by the lid switch… the Power4Gear software which powers Asus power setting defaults to sleep mode when the lid is shut.
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