***SOLVED!!! (02/01/25) *** Windows 11 won't "sleep" or "turn off display"

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Hi all - I'm totally stumped as to what is going on here. No matter what I set in the power settings, the machine refuses to go to sleep. It's driving me potty.

Any idea as to what's going on? Thanks in advance.
 
@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.
 
***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:

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Bizarre, but it worked! Worth a punt if anyone else has the same issue.
 
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