Windows 10: Machine goes to sleep, can't wake it

Right, changing to High Performance has no effect. It's interesting that I have the exact same issue of "black screen with the monitor's showing they are in power saving mode (i.e. the indicator light on the monitor is amber rather than the usual blue)". I have a Dell HD monitor connected to my graphics card with an HDMI cable.
If this is a motherboard issue, then that's a bummer. It's true that this never happened with Windows 7...but I'd really hate to roll back to that at this point.

 

I downloaded a program called Caffeine that solved my problem (so far, at least). It has a setting where I can allow the screen to blank out without having the computer sleep.

 

This is why you are having the issue to begin with, so the only 'fix' likely is what you've just done. I thought it was a crashing problem, but what you described makes me believe that it really is as simple as not waking up from sleep state. In any event, the drivers would be to blame.

 

Did you look in the advanced power settings to make sure it's not set to auto hibernate ?

 

That's this right? http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffe....html#download

I'll try it.

 

Correct. I use the -allowss option which shuts down the display.

 

If it is the Sleep/Hibernate after setting, then yes, it is set to "never".

 

This worked.

 

Mine has done this thru every update. When I shut my laptop lid it sleeps of course but after it sits for some hours and I open the lid it just stay black. I can use my fn + sleep key and then the power button will go out. Then if I hit fn + sleep again it will wake up fine. I don't want to download a program to fix this.

Any other option?

 

My suggested solutions
1. uninstall your network card driver. restart computer. check to see if your problem is gone.
2. If 1. doesn't work. Create a new balanced power plan by change shut down and sleep times. Save it. Restart computer and change the balanced power plan back to default settings. Restart your computer again and see if your problem is gone.

Just about every cumulative update on win10 has caused the poweplan, including advanced power options, or power settings on the network card to be upset causing sleep or shutdown and restart normally issues. It has not been caused by BIOS settings incorrectly set. Make sure your chipset driver is the most current too. MS generic drivers and control software is not going to fit every single computer on this planet, happy that I can usually fix the issue by finding answers here on the forum or individual research.

 

Thanks, unfortunately Sager hasn't made any win10 drivers for my system.