Sleep Mode--how do you make it WORK?

[Madwand]

Have never had a PC or laptop ever succcessfully go into sleep mode and be able to wake it up again without problems. Ever since Win 95 IIRC. Now using 7 and I would like it to actually WORK.

My keyboard has a sleep button. I hit it, the screen fades to black. About 10 seconds later, it comes right back on. I hit it a 2nd time and the whole PC shuts down.

On my first install of 7, I think it actually did work, it'd go quiet and even stop all the fans. Touch a key and it would come back on. Now I have to reboot it every time.

Anyone know how to make this work?

 

[DarkXeno]

Sounds like something is keeping you system from sleeping. You can solve this with a sledge hammer..no Im just joking I'm a little bored at work today.
If you have USB devices go into device manager and make sure your USB ports are setup to let the system go into sleep mode.
Also do this for your Network card. If you have something like a torrent going the system might not sleep. You might also want to check your BIOS and make sure the settings are correct there for your machine to sleep.
I have gotten it to work correctly on Windows 7, win2k pro, and XP Pro.

 

[Madwand]

I don't have any torrents running. That's the extent of what you said that I am able to check. I have no clue where to look for all that other stuff. Also I have about 20 entries under USB controller.

 

[petrossa]

I can get it to sleep, but not wake up. That is, the screen lights up and that's about it. Completely frozen. You'd might reconsider wasting to much effort on this issue.

 

[Bertha 92]

Open up a command prompt in administrator mode using the context menu -> Run as Administrator option, and then type in the following: powercfg -ENERGY
The utility will take a while to generate the report

 

[Madwand]

There is no such thing as "administrator mode" in Win 7. I say that because I searched for it in the search bar and got nothing. But I typed "run" in the search bar and it let me paste it into that. As you said, it took 60 seconds to analyze, then said something else, then disappeared. So that is not much help without telling me where to go find the report.

I don't find 7 nearly as intuitive as XP was. I am constantly having to search for things that used to be very easy to find in XP. Like the RUN dialog...and My Documents...the shotest way I can see to get to My Documents is to Open the menu, Right Click on Documents, then select Open. Much more work than simply Dbl-clicking on an icon.

 

[Avien]

He means right click on your command prompt window and "Run as Administrator". You also need to open cmd.exe first then do the power -energy so the window does not disappear.

 

[Madwand]

Ok, where is my command prompt so I can right click on it?

It would help if you guys would not assume I have been using Win 7 for years...I just started using this after years with XP. Nothing about this OS is easy to find.


Maybe this is what you wanted?
Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report

Computer NameJOSEF-PCScan Time2009-06-04T16:00:14ZScan Duration60 seconds System ManufacturerGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.System Product NameUD3R-SLIBIOS Date01/23/2009BIOS VersionF1OS Build7100Platform RolePlatformRoleDesktopPlugged IntrueProcess Count55Thread Count905Report GUID{fcb9dc5c-212d-4c82-9e38-1851cb4e1a17}
Analysis Results

Errors

System Availability Requests:System Required Request
The device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.
Requesting Driver InstanceHDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1000\4&24734d84&0&0201Requesting Driver DeviceRealtek High Definition Audio


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameLogitech Cordless USB MouseHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A37Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 0Device IDUSB\VID_046D&PID_C50EPort Path1


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Root HubHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A38Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 1Device IDUSB\VID_8086&PID_3A38Port Path


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Root HubHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A37Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 0Device IDUSB\VID_8086&PID_3A37Port Path


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Root HubHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A3CHost Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 7Device IDUSB\VID_8086&PID_3A3CPort Path


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Root HubHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A36Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 29, function 2Device IDUSB\VID_8086&PID_3A36Port Path


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Root HubHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A3AHost Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 29, function 7Device IDUSB\VID_8086&PID_3A3APort Path


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Mass Storage DeviceHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A3CHost Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 7Device IDUSB\VID_14CD&PID_6600Port Path6


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Mass Storage DeviceHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A3CHost Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 7Device IDUSB\VID_0C0B&PID_0329Port Path5


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Input DeviceHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A37Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 0Device IDUSB\VID_413C&PID_2005Port Path2


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Composite DeviceHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A38Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 26, function 1Device IDUSB\VID_046D&PID_C517Port Path2


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameAmerican Power Conversion USB UPSHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A36Host Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 29, function 2Device IDUSB\VID_051D&PID_0002Port Path2


USB Suspend:USB Device not Entering Suspend
The USB device did not enter the Suspend state. Processor power management may be prevented if a USB device does not enter the Suspend state when not in use.
Device NameUSB Composite DeviceHost Controller IDPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3A3AHost Controller LocationPCI bus 0, device 29, function 7Device IDUSB\VID_03F0&PID_C402Port Path5


Platform Power Management CapabilitiesCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Disabled
PCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) has been disabled due to a known incompatibility with the hardware in this computer.



Warnings

Platform Timer Resolutionlatform Timer Resolution
The default platform timer resolution is 15.6ms (15625000ns) and should be used whenever the system is idle. If the timer resolution is increased, processor power management technologies may not be effective. The timer resolution may be increased due to multimedia playback or graphical animations.
Current Timer Resolution (100ns units)10000Maximum Timer Period (100ns units)156001


Platform Timer Resolution:Outstanding Timer Request
A program or service has requested a timer resolution smaller than the platform maximum timer resolution.
Requested Period10000Requesting Process ID74160Requesting Process Path\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe


Platform Timer Resolution:Outstanding Timer Request
A program or service has requested a timer resolution smaller than the platform maximum timer resolution.
Requested Period100000Requesting Process ID136Requesting Process Path\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe


Power Policyisplay timeout is long (Plugged In)
The display is configured to turn off after longer than 10 minutes.
Timeout (seconds)3600


Power Policyisk timeout is long (Plugged In)
The disk is configured to turn off after longer than 30 minutes.
Timeout (seconds)10800


Power Policy:802.11 Radio Power Policy is Maximum Performance (Plugged In)
The current power policy for 802.11-compatible wireless network adapters is not configured to use low-power modes.



Information

Platform Timer Resolution:Timer Request Stack
The stack of modules responsible for the lowest platform timer setting in this process.
Requested Period10000Requesting Process ID74160Requesting Process Path\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeCalling Module Stack \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\winmm.dll\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\d3d9.dll\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\Flash10b.ocx


Platform Timer Resolution:Timer Request Stack
The stack of modules responsible for the lowest platform timer setting in this process.
Requested Period10000Requesting Process ID136Requesting Process Path\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exeCalling Module Stack \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\ntdll.dllUnknown Module \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\ntdll.dllUnknown Module \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\sechost.dll\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll


Power Policy:Active Power Plan
The current power plan in use
Plan Name OEM Balanced Plan GUID{381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e}


Power Policyower Plan Personality (Plugged In)
The personality of the current power plan when the system is plugged in.
PersonalityBalanced


Power Policy:Video quality (Plugged In)
Enables Windows Media Player to optimize for quality or power savings when playing video.
Quality ModeOptimize for Video Quality


CPU Utilizationrocessor utilization is low
The average processor utilization during the trace was very low. The system will consume less power when the average processor utilization is very low.
Average Utilization (%)1.20


Battery:Battery Information

Battery ID4B0520P15142 APCBack-UPS ES 750 FW:819.z2.D USB FW:z2ManufacturerAPCManufacture Date2005-5-10Serial Number4B0520P15142 ChemistryPbAcLong Term0Design Capacity100Last Full Charge100


Platform Power Management Capabilities:Supported Sleep States
Sleep states allow the computer to enter low-power modes after a period of inactivity. The S3 sleep state is the default sleep state for Windows platforms. The S3 sleep state consumes only enough power to preserve memory contents and allow the computer to resume working quickly. Very few platforms support the S1 or S2 Sleep states.
S1 Sleep SupportedfalseS2 Sleep SupportedfalseS3 Sleep SupportedtrueS4 Sleep Supportedtrue


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index0Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index1Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index2Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index3Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index4Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index5Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index6Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8


Platform Power Management Capabilitiesrocessor Power Management Capabilities
Effective processor power management enables the computer to automatically balance performance and energy consumption.
Group0Index7Idle (C) State Count1Performance (P) State Count10Throttle (T) State Count8

 

[DarkXeno]

Ok looking at the report It looks like you might need to update you sound card driver that one thing. The other items is your USB mouse did you install the Logitech software ? If you did uninstall it and see if that helps.

 

[Avien]

The command prompt is under Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[davehc]

I think, perhaps, the posters are trying to be helpful but are making you run before walking?

Have you tried setting up your Power Options?

Right click the desktop and select personalize.

Clcik the icon "Screen saver" (bottom right)
In the window that follows click change power settings
Now select "Power Saver" and "Change plan settings"

Select the time, after which, at which you wish your computer to sleep, both on power abd battery if you are using a laptop.
Remember, at this stage, to SAVE. This is important.

Now click "Change Avanced Power settings"
This will give you a list of options
Scroll down to "Power button and lid" and adjust the options you find there to you own wishes.

While on the subject. Open the device manager in the Control Panel (icon view).
Click the "Networh adapters and then right click your adapter and select properties.
Click the "Power Management " tab. Untick the square "Allow this device to wake the computer" and then untick the square above it. - This could be why your computer is waking up.

Again. "There is no such thing as "administrator mode" in Win 7"

Yes there is but it is hidden. The one achieved by a right clcik is for the local lan Administrator. However, you can enable a global Administrator like this. It will mean, however, a dual login in.
There are a couple of ways:
Open a command prompt(Run as Administrator.
Type the following command and enter.
net user administrator /active
Log out and see if you have a new alternative login, as well as your existing one. If not, do it the long way.
Shut down the computer for a cold boot. Tap the "F8" key as you are booting.
Select "Safe Mode with networking" from the boot menu.
Log into windows 7 with your personal account that holds the administrator access.
Open a command window (START--->RUN--->CMD.exe). At the command prompt type the following net user administrator /active
Log out and log back in as administrator.

Another way
Go to Start
Type Control UserPasswords2.
Click Advanced.
Click Advanced again.
Select Users.
Select Administrator and untick the the box “Administrator is disabled”
Now log out and login as Administrator.
The action leaves you a little more vulnerable to outside attack. Not a big issue if you are confident with your anti virus control etc.

 

[Madwand]

Have you tried setting up your Power Options?

I had set them, but nothing worked.

Right click the desktop and select personalize.

Clcik the icon "Screen saver" (bottom right)
In the window that follows click change power settings
Now select "Power Saver" and "Change plan settings"

Select the time, after which, at which you wish your computer to sleep, both on power abd battery if you are using a laptop.
Remember, at this stage, to SAVE. This is important.

Now click "Change Avanced Power settings"
This will give you a list of options
Scroll down to "Power button and lid" and adjust the options you find there to you own wishes.

While on the subject. Open the device manager in the Control Panel (icon view).
Click the "Networh adapters and then right click your adapter and select properties.
Click the "Power Management " tab. Untick the square "Allow this device to wake the computer" and then untick the square above it. - This could be why your computer is waking up.

I got up to here and tried it and it worked, so I didn't go any further. It went to sleep when I hit the sleep button on my keyboard and woke up when I moverd the mouse. That's what I want.

What doesn't make sense is this is the 2nd install of 7 and the 1st time it worked without me having to do all this.

Thanks!

 

[cliffskier]

I know this is an old thread, but it was the first thing I found when I was searching for an answer to this problem, so I am posting a reply in case others come across it.

I also could not get the computer to go to sleep, and had the same diagnostic result. (I right-clicked on cmd--or command prompt--and clicked "Run as administrator." I typed powercfg -energy and viewed the report that it produced. Like Madwand, I found a message that the Realtek High Definition Audio driver "has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep."

I found a simple solution on another site: Right-click on the speaker icon in the task bar. Select Recording Devices. In the dialog, check for any recording devices that are plugged in (that is, any that do not say, "Not plugged in"). Select the device and click the Properties button. Click the Listen tab and see if the "Listen to this device" box is checked. Un-check it and click OK or Apply. That should stop the audio manager from preventing sleep.

Just tested it, and the computer did go to sleep, automatically. I haven't seen it do that in months, at least. That was the only thing preventing it from sleeping.