my pc doesn't sleep anymore.

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  1. sverne
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    Thanks, tried the new settings, but no go. I already have automatic updates, so I should have the latest drivers. Interesting, but some screen shots that I see on this forum do not appear on my Win7 Premium Home Edition ( ie, download drivers immediately and power management of mouse from device manager), and obviously SI and S2. Is there a reason for this? It seems a solution is just a matter of the stars lining up right on a particular day, but never guaranteed-how unacceptable and disappointing!
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  3. gregrocker
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    Did you confirm the BIOS version updated checking the version number on first screen or in BIOS setup? You can also read it using Belarc Advisor
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  4. sverne
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    According to Dell, it is the latest. A word of warning Belarc Advisor, Avast caught some trojans in it as have some other users in CNET's comment section.
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  6. gregrocker
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    Thanks for the heads up. We have another case where formerly trusted CNET has added a crapware package to a download which previously didn't have it. They have ruined their sites's reputation over this.

    Have changed link to Belarc's own page for downloading Belarc Advisor
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  7. sverne
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    won't sleep issue finally solved


    After many attemps at fixes-and much time-I can say that my sleep mode now works on my Dell. There was an unknown silent audio streaming that prevented sleep, no matter what I tried.
    To find out if some program is interrupting sleep go to comand prompt as administrator (rightclick) and type in:
    POWERCFG.EXE -REQUESTS; this will show program; and override it with: "powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER xxxx System whre xxx is the program. For a more detailed analysis type: powercfg -energy -output %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Energy_Report.html (which will icon on desktop). There will some "false" positives, but you will see the most likely culprit.
    I actually solved the problem by updating the latest codec driver which fixed the streaming (and not using the overrride).
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