***SOLVED!!! (02/01/25) *** Windows 11 won't "sleep" or "turn off display"
- Thread starter Nitefly
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Soldato
Open a command prompt with admin rights and run, "Powercfg /energy". What does that say?
Do you have lots of peripherals plugged in? One of them might be stopping the computer from going into sleep mode.
Open Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> System and check for events around the time your computer was meant to go to sleep, any interesting events then that might give you a clue?
Do you have lots of peripherals plugged in? One of them might be stopping the computer from going into sleep mode.
Open Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> System and check for events around the time your computer was meant to go to sleep, any interesting events then that might give you a clue?
@MarcLister / @Tetras sorry for the delayed reply and thanks for your responses.
It’s a new PC and I’m whittling down what is causing it - it’s a USB device… I just need to figure out which one it is! I’ll update the thread once I make the time to properly sort it out.
It’s a new PC and I’m whittling down what is causing it - it’s a USB device… I just need to figure out which one it is! I’ll update the thread once I make the time to properly sort it out.
***SOLVED!***
I thought I would update the thread as promised
It was my USB speakers that were causing this issue, specifically a pair of Edifier S880DBs. When unplugging that specific USB cable, the computer would go to sleep as intended.
After lots of faffing around with drivers, I resolved the problem (with the computer now going to sleep as intended) by disabling some 'Human Interface Devices' drivers (and not the audio drivers), as shown here:
Bizarre, but it worked! Worth a punt if anyone else has the same issue.
I thought I would update the thread as promised
It was my USB speakers that were causing this issue, specifically a pair of Edifier S880DBs. When unplugging that specific USB cable, the computer would go to sleep as intended.
After lots of faffing around with drivers, I resolved the problem (with the computer now going to sleep as intended) by disabling some 'Human Interface Devices' drivers (and not the audio drivers), as shown here:
Bizarre, but it worked! Worth a punt if anyone else has the same issue.
Soldato
Nice one. I had a Raspberry Pi Zero that I used as a set of hotkeys but this kept needing to be restarted. I noticed the other night that my computer wouldn't go to sleep if this was plugged in so I just unplugged it. Might need to look for something else to replace it that doesn't need to be restarted every few days.