Windows 10: Help! Automatic standby mode renders speakers useless

On 25 March 2013 I purchased my Creative Labs Gigaworks T20 Series 2 speakers from Amazon.co.uk and they are plugged into my Windows 10 Home PC version 20H2 via the audio jack on the motherboard.

The problem is that these speakers have unfortunately been caught by the ErP (Energy related products) regulations in the EU, which means they switch to standby mode if no audio input is detected via the aux-in/line-in after a specific amount of time, around 10 minutes. This annoyance means alerts are often missed as the speakers take around 4 seconds to "warm up" again once a sound is detected, virtually rendering the speakers as useless.
Now that the UK has left the EU is there anything anyone can advise which will override this annoyance on these otherwise excellent speakers.
I have contacted Creative Labs,and they are unable to help at present but are aware of this issue. I have also searched online and see it is not an uncommon problem but hesitate to download and install something I dont understand just in case.

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laptop doesnt boot automatically

This is what happened.

1. Did a repair install and later disabled hibertnate in CMD.
2. Enabled legacy option ROM in BIOS.
3. After a few times startup ( i used the system in such mode for 5 days), changed boot option back to default.
4. Vola!! It boots automatically to win10 without any keypress. Tested it with many starts to confirm the same.
5. Re-enabled hibernate option using CMD and later selected Fast Startup.
6. System booted normally, without the need for any keypress.

I do not know exactly whether such steps resolved the problem or what else happened, hence cannot suggest above steps.

Many thanks to all members who helped to troubleshoot problems.

 

Need Help With Bluetooth Speaker, Issue is with volume control

Hi Sierra,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I understand the inconvenience that you are experiencing. I will definitely assist you.


Based on the description, the issue you are facing may be due to the Bluetooth speaker driver is outdated since it is new. Since the speaker is running in generic driver. Let’s try simple troubleshooting methods and check if it helps, follow the below
methods information provided.

Method 1.

I suggest you to update the Bluetooth speaker device driver and check if it helps. Follow the below steps:

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  Press (Windows key + X) and click on “Device Manager”.
  
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  Click on “Bluetooth” and expand it.
  
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  Now right click on the speaker device and click on ‘’Update’’.
  

If the issue still persist try the below method provided.

Method 2.

As you have mention this issue has occur after recent updates, I suggest you to check for the updates if any Bluetooth updates is pending.

Type “Updates” in the search bar and click on “Check for Updates” from the left pane.

Now click on “Check for Updates” button on the right pane, to receive a fresh list of updates and then install all the updates listed there.

For any issues while installing Windows Updates, you may also refer to this link:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9830262

If the above method did not fix the issue try the below method.

Method 3.

I would recommend you to download the latest Bluetooth device driver form the Bluetooth manufacturer website and uninstall – reinstall the same in compatibility mode.

Step 1.

Follow the below steps to uninstall the Bluetooth speaker driver.

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  Press (Windows key + X) and click on “Device Manager”.
  
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  Click on “Bluetooth” and expand it.
  
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  Now right click on the speaker device and uninstall the Bluetooth speaker driver.
  

Step 2.

Follow the below steps to re-install the speaker driver.

Note: Make sure you download the updated Bluetooth speaker driver.

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  Right-click on the setup file of the driver and select Properties.
  
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  Select Compatibility tab.
  
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  Check Run this program in Compatibility mode.
  
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  Let the driver install and then check the functionality.
  

Hope this helps. Post us with status we will be glad to help you.

 

When on standby mode...

Your computer is set to standby in S1 mode go into your bIOS under power management settings and set it to S3 mode.