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...
bios uefi
driver conflicts
drivers
energy saver
event viewer
fast startup
hibernate vs sleep
lidswitch
power policy
power settings
powercfg
sleep exceptions
sleep mode
system power management
task scheduler
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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