Windows 10: unable to put system to sleep.

Discus and support unable to put system to sleep. in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I noticed the other day that my PC is no longer able to sleep. If i tell my PC to sleep even from the login screen after turning on the system, the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Cybot, Mar 29, 2020.

  1. Cybot Win User

    unable to put system to sleep.


    I noticed the other day that my PC is no longer able to sleep. If i tell my PC to sleep even from the login screen after turning on the system, the screen will turn black, but the system never enters sleep. if i tell the system to sleep, the screen will blank for a minute or so, then return to normal. I ran the command powercfg /requests. and found the cause. for some reason the realtek audio drivers are keeping an audio stream open or at least windows thinks it is.


    C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /requests

    DISPLAY:

    None.



    SYSTEM:

    [DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_14621215&REV_1001\4&267f28d5&1&0001

    An audio stream is currently in use.



    AWAYMODE:

    None.



    EXECUTION:

    None.



    PERFBOOST:

    None.



    ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:

    None.


    i don't know what audio stream would be active from a freshly booted state. hopefully someone here knows whats going on, because i am clueless here. its gotta be caused by an update to windows or something, because although the Realtek audio console and Nahimic 3 software have updated via windows store, there have been no audio driver updates in several months.

    :)
     
    Cybot, Mar 29, 2020
    #1

  2. Display will not sleep.

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience caused to you and will help you solve the issue.

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

    • Click on Start>Settings>System.
    • In the left navigation pane, click on Power & sleep.
    • In the right pane, select the time limit for the system to go to sleep from the drop down list.

    Hope the information is helpful. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Mar 29, 2020
    #2
  3. Sleep

    Hi,

    This may happen due to its power plan. A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how computers use and conserve power. For this, we suggest that you reset and restore power plans to its default. kindly follow these steps:

    • Open the Command Prompt (Admin).
    • Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press
      Enter
      :
      • powercfg -restoredefaultschemes
    • Close the Command Prompt window, and then restart your PC to apply the changes.

    After that, go to Power & sleep settings
    by typing it into the Windows Search. Check the When plugged in, PC goes to sleep after
    settings is set to Never.

    Let us know if the steps above helped you to resolve the issue.
     
    Janeane Cru, Mar 29, 2020
    #3
  4. unable to put system to sleep.

    Win 10 - constantly shutting down into sleep mode every 64 minutes even when in active use!

    Hi Steve,

    • Did you check by setting sleep mode option to never?

    If not, I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

    • Navigate to Start>Settings>System>Power & sleep.
    • In the right pane, select Never from the drop down list for
      Screen
      and Sleep.
    • Close the dialog box and check for status.

    Hope the information is helpful. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    ThofikhAhamad, Mar 29, 2020
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