Windows 10: Sleep Mode on Timer Different Than Manually Putting System to Sleep?

Bottom line up front, my computer produces differentresults in sleep mode, depending on if I initiate putting the system to sleepversus following the configured power plan.


1 When I manually put the computer to sleep Start >Power > Sleep, I can observe that my display shuts off immediately and allcase/cpu fans, LED's, and peripheral USB devices shut off within about 10seconds. This is my expected result.




3 When I let me computer go to sleep after idling for 5 minutes advanced powersettings listed below based on the power settings, I observe that my displayshuts off immediately, but NONE of my case/cpu fans, LEDs, or peripheral USBdevices shut off, regardless of time passed. Even an hour later, all thesedevices remain powered. This is not my expected result.


-------------ADVANCED POWER SETTINGS--------------


Hard Disk:

- Turn off hard disk after: 1 Minute

Sleep:

- Sleep after: 5 Minutes

- Allow hybrid sleep: On

- Hibernate after: 1 Minute

- Allow wake timers: Enable

USB Settings:

- USB selective suspend setting: EnabledHave also tried Disabled

PCI Express:

- Link State Power Management: Moderatepower savings

Processor Power Management:

- Minimum Processor Rate: 5%

- System cooling policy: Passive Have alsotried Enabled

- Maximum processor state: 100%


When I press the power button: Sleep


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What needs to be configured to allow Windows to sleep with the same desired result as manually selecting the option in the Start menu?

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Is it safe to put your pc in sleep mode?

My pc goes to sleep after about 1 hour of idle time. Is it safe to put the pc in sleep mode?

Won't it decrease the lifetime of the gpu, cpu, etc. If they are turned off and on straight-away?

 

Sleep mode

Hi Adam,

For us to better assist with your issue on sleep mode, we'd like to ask a few questions.

• Have you made any updates to your computer before experiencing this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you refer to this thread and follow the answer of Andre
Da Costa to troubleshoot the issue with sleep mode missing.

You can also refer to this article that was
created by Andre Da Costa to enable sleep mode.

Looking forward to you response.

 

Is it safe to put your pc in sleep mode?

It's not a good idea to turn a PC off and on rapidly and/or often, because thermal cycling stresses the components and can cause them to fail early - high performance graphics cards especially. It's all a bit of a grey area this, so if you're doing some testing that requires it, don't sweat over it too much. Disconnect the HD though, if possible.

When I don't use the PC, I always put it into sleep mode instead of shutting it down, because it starts up so much quicker. Because I use Vista, I get the advantage of hybrid sleep, which has the advantages of hybernation and sleep modes - if you unplug it from the mains while sleeping, it just boots up from hybernation instead. *Cool