Windows 10: Laptop keeps waking up automatically after a few hours

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  1. asuss06 Win User

    Laptop keeps waking up automatically after a few hours


    After putting my laptop to sleep, it always automatically wakes up after about 4 or 6 hours. ive checked all power settings and even all wake timers in advanced settings have been fully disabled. This just started about a month ago and i havent changed any of the setting in a looooong time.
    what can i do to fix this? Thanks in advance.

    :)
     
    asuss06, May 1, 2016
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  2. Won't Wake Up

    Right click command prompt, and run as administrator. Then type in the following command, which will disable hibernation mode:

    powercfg /h off

    This worked for me, but doesn't seem to work over a whole night. (i.e. 8 hours or so) But it absolutely keeps the device able to wake from sleep for many, many hours, which basically fixes the issue. For day to day use, when you have to put the computer down
    for a while and then come back to it within a few hours, it wakes right up now with this fix.

    It's a good workaround until they fix the issue, which they must be working on, based on their response.

    Again, if you leave the laptop asleep overnight, it doesn't wake up the next morning, but if you're just leaving it for a few hours, it will now wake from sleep if hibernation mode has been disabled in the way I described above. On my HP Envy 360, this has
    "fixed" the issue pretty much.
     
    DavidC1965, May 1, 2016
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  3. Laptop tries to wake from sleep while lid is closed.

    Hello,

    I have a Gateway NV53A with Windows 10 Home installed. When I close the lid, it goes to sleep normally for a few hours, but after a few hours it will start to get caught in a never ending "wake up loop" i.e. the laptop will try to wake itself up before quickly
    realizing that it can't because the lid is closed. The DVD drive will continuously start to spin up each time. This happens every two or three seconds. The sound of the DVD drive trying to spin up every three seconds is annoying and it also wastes battery.
    Normally, I have to hit a key on the keyboard to wake up the laptop after opening the lid again, but when it's in one of these wake up loops, it successfully wakes itself up upon opening the lid (evidence suggesting it's indeed trying to wake itself up.)

    I've tried using the command line to see what devices are permitted to wake up the device, but none were listed. I've also disabled wake on LAN.

    The only clue I've been able to find is an error in the system log that reads: "The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep state transition (S4). This can result in reduced resume performance."

    However, I'm not sure this pertains to the specific issue I'm having.
     
    TaylorPinkham, May 1, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Laptop keeps waking up automatically after a few hours

    dalchina, May 1, 2016
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  5. davidhk Win User
    Are you using a mouse ?
    By any chance in that one month period, you started to use a new wireless optical mouse ?
    Is there an OFF switch at the bottom of the mouse ? If yes, what if you turn the mouse off when computer is in sleep mode.
    Will that makes a difference ?
     
    davidhk, May 1, 2016
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  6. asuss06 Win User
    dalchina, i entered what you suggested at the command prompt and the response was "None". i will search the forum as you suggested. i think i might have found a direction to look in.

    davidk, yes i am using a mouse but its the same mouse ive been using for 2 yrs and the mouse does not reactivate the computer from sleep like it has on previous laptops ive owned.

    ill cruise around the forums for some similar problems.
     
    asuss06, May 1, 2016
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  7. davidhk Win User
    I know you said it has nothing to do with the mouse. Just in case..............................
    Right click at Start > Control Panel > top right, click View by : > select either large or small > click Mouse > at the top, Hardware > Properties > bottom left, Change settings > at the top, Power Management > UN-check the box " Allow this device to wake the computer" > OK when done.


    Laptop keeps waking up automatically after a few hours [​IMG]
     
    davidhk, May 1, 2016
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  8. asuss06 Win User

    Laptop keeps waking up automatically after a few hours

    hey david,
    i actually just did that earlier this morning so ill see if thoughout the day that fixes the problem. i also just found about 13 viruses and cleaned them up so maybe even that had something to do with it. gonna give it a test today and see if things changes and if not, ill get back to you.
    thanks to you and everyone for their input.
     
    asuss06, May 1, 2016
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  9. asuss06 Win User
    unfortunately, nothing worked. i unchecked the box that was suggested to me (although my mouse never was able to wake up my laptop from sleep) and the few viruses i found and cleaned didnt effect anything. if there are any other suggestions id love to hear it, otherwise ill just do some searches and see what i come up with. if i find something that works, ill be sure to post it.
     
    asuss06, May 2, 2016
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  10. dalchina New Member
    Hi, try this command:
    powercfg /devicequery wake_from_any
    This lists all devices with the potential capability to wake your device.

    Now what puzzles me is your mouse has a power management tab yet can't wake your PC

    You shuold be able to enable any device listed using

    powercfg /deviceenablewake <name of device taken from list shown by previous command>

    So use the name of your mouse if listed.
     
    dalchina, May 2, 2016
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  11. asuss06 Win User
    there were about a dozen things listed when i ran the command prompt you gave me. yes, the mouse was listed but i actually like how the mouse does NOT wake the computer. the mouse always woke my previous laptops with a click or a wiggle...but my cats would activate it as well all the time or even if i just bumped the desk!!! when i bought this laptop a little over a year ago, that all changed - probably b/c the box was automatically "unchecked" at the factory to enable my mouse to wake up the computer. why it was like that i dont know but i found that i liked it better.
     
    asuss06, May 2, 2016
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  12. dalchina New Member
    Fortunately my cat is careful and quite polite!

    powercfg /lastwake
    - will tell you what woke your PC..
     
    dalchina, Apr 4, 2018
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