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Display sleeps, but Tower stays on -- Why?
So in my BIOS the setting is at S3.
So this is what happened....about 4-5 months ago there was a Windows Update and on the update was an (I had never seen this before) Nvidia graphics card update as well, I didn't think much of it so I just updated the Important Updates as usual.
At some point during the updates my monitor shut off as if my computer was going to sleep--it did not return for a good 30mins+...so I manually shut down my computer.
And now.... When I attempt to sleep OR Shut Down my computer while logged into windows, the tower stays on (fans/lights on/running sound), the display sleeps but the tower remains on. Why? (Note: When I am NOT logged into Windows, I am able to shut down properly, but still will not sleep properly)
It takes a power button shut down when this happens -- I am unable to toggle the display back on when sleep fails, which forces the manual shut down.
I've tried a lot of fixes -- from reinstalling the GPU and updating graphics, enabled hibernate (which also fails like sleep mode), disabled Devices from waking up the computer, checked all peripherals/USB ports, disabled NVStreamServices from GeForce Experience -- not sure how this got turned on, assuming from the update.
Also tried different Power Options, my powercfg /requests all say None. My Local Area Connection has IPV6 disabled, I also tried just using direct cable modem connection versus router, no change. Using timed sleep mode still sleeps the display, but the tower stays on...
Single user PC ...any help is appreciated -- Not tech savvy.