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How to ensure that the computer doesn't beep when put in sleep mode?
Putting this computer into sleep mode gives faint but noticeable beeping sounds synchronized with the blinking light. System and hardware info:
Device name DESKTOP-GG6AA6L
Processor Intel(R) Core(...
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Windows laptop wakes up automatically from sleep
I am unable to put my Lenovo laptop in sleep. When I put it to sleep, it wakes automatically up within a minute, without me doing anything.
I checked even viewer. Below are the screen shots. It says ...
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windows 11 "low battery action" is missing "sleep" option
my laptop able to go to sleep just fine via sleep button, closing the lid, or timer. but the windows "low battery action" is missing "sleep" option.
so it only got this option: do ...
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PC shuts down when selecting Sleep
I've had this problem from a while now and it is really frustrating.
It all started after I changed my SSD with a new one. The one I had was M.2 SATA and the new one is M.2 NVMe. After changing it, I ...
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Windows 10 won't go to sleep
Recently, Windows started to hang when going to sleep, which then shuts down on its own. The odd thing is that this doesn't happen all the time. It is able to sleep normally without issues when I just ...
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Windows 10 how to get into sleep state quickly when there is suspended process
I use Process Hacker or PsSuspend to suspend process. When there is no suspended process, Windows get into sleep state completely only seconds after I clicked sleep from the power menu, but become ...
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Windows 10: Only wake display with keyboard after PC power button press
I recently got a set of new monitors for my PC and it's a bit awkward to turn them off when I'm done with my PC for the day, and my screensaver/auto sleep doesn't always come on, due to background ...
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Initiate sleep power state on PC from USB
I have been looking at designing an external pcb to turn on and off the PC, and lately I have been thinking of ways to improve this construction.
After a few quick googles searches I found you could ...
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I think my PC case power button messes with my Windows when it's in sleep
I have Corsair 5000d and its power button has (at least a feeling of) 2-step click to it, so a gentle press clicks it once and a harder press makes 2 sequential clicks.
When I put my Windows 10 in ...
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powercfg: If the Current DC Power Setting Index is 1 does that mean DC USB devices still have selective sleep enabled?
There is a USB device on my Windows 10 (Build 21H1) that falls asleep but should not.
When I look at the Power Profile in the GUI it's set to Disabled.
I ran powercfg /Q <uuid-of-active-power-...
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How can I minimize the use of power button on my laptop?
I want to save the power button on my Laptop by using it the minimum number of times. I have to use my laptop several times on most days. On some days, I don't use it all.
The best strategy I have ...
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How to prevent Windows 10 from immediately waking after shutdown or sleep?
After newly setting up Windows 10 on a new SSD, it always immediately wakes up again if I shut it down or send it to sleep. The only way to keep it off (aside from cutting the power supply) is to ...
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External HDD Spins Down Every 30 secs - Can't find a solution to stop this from happening
My Seagate Expansion Desktop External HDD keeps spinning down after just 30 secs of inactivity. First off I know there are already a lot of posts on how to stop this from happening and believe me I ...
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How to check whether HDD is sleeping?
There is a setting in Windows power settings to put HDD to sleep when innactive. I would like to know when exactly this setting is getting applied to have better understanding/control of power ...
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Sleep When I close the Lid - reverts to Do Nothing
I set my Dell Latitude 7490 Laptop to Sleep when I close the lid:
Choose what closing the lid does Sleep
However, some time later, as briefly as a few hours, without restarting, updating or any other ...
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