I have win10 on a couple PC's . All do well except one. It either refuses to wake up after a brief period of time or it powers the PC off completely. I have exhausted all the tips I find on the web. Anything I might have missed ??
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I have win10 on a couple PC's . All do well except one. It either refuses to wake up after a brief period of time or it powers the PC off completely. I have exhausted all the tips I find on the web. Anything I might have missed ??
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HDD is shutting down. Is my bet.
Are you using Sleep or hibernation.
I had the Hibernation set to never. But that didn't help. I did however, changed the power plan from balanced to power saver & so far that seemed to work. Won't know for sure till 24hrs have passed. One other thing that is bugging me at the present is : I had changed the password to a pin # which is neat. However, I have to enter it every time it awakens, even tho I had set the process to "never"
I got use to the password bit because my lan. And grandkids can not use my computers that way.
Regarding the PIN wake issue, the following link may be useful:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...3e799c6?auth=1
Thank you jdc; that website gave me just what I needed to resolve the Pin Wake issue. On the power off issue, the jury is still out ........
Regarding the power off problem; during the day, the pc seems to go ok, goes to sleep after 15 minutes, awakes at mouse stroke. However, over night, it goes into a hibernation mode & will not wake up. The cpu fan is still running, so the machine is not off completely. I have to power it off with pwr switch, then on. Then all is ok then. The pc is powered by an Intel MB:
Windows 10 64-bit
InTel (R) core (TM) 2Quad CPU Q550 @2.83ghz.
4.0gb ram
Intel G45/G43 Express Chip set.
1- 500gb HD - C drive
1- 500gb HD - D & E drive
1- 500gb HD - F drive
Standard Mid Tower chasis
Giving it a checkout. Thanks Train...........
Thanks Train; the info from that website did the trick. I'll never understand why win10 works flawlessly in one pc & buggy in another. In one pc where I had set up a dual boot system 10/7, it works flawlessly. Doesn't even bug me about PW's....................
HDD shutting down can be a pain alright. Learned clear back in 98.
I spoke too soon. It work ok for a day or two, then began to screw up again. What seems to happen now is that during the day when I access it a couple times or so during the day, it behaves ok. But when I get up the next morning [I leave 'em on 24/7] and go to open to my desktop, nothing happens. The pc is running, the cdrom drives work, but the mouse & keyboard fails to wake the monitor. Needless to say, I have to pwr down & start over. I'm about ready to pull the drive & put back in my wn7. GRRRRrrrrrrrrr!!
Do you have wake on KB / mouse enabled in the BIOS?
I have my PC HP laptop set for PIN for a reboot . .but from sleep wake I never have to use any use of a password .. It took me forever to figure out that path for this PC to do so .. but can't remember exactly what I did .. combination of powersetup and other boxes to check ..
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Train, I do not find such an item in the bios. I did however, find something called "wake timers" so I set it for 1:00 AM wake daily. So I'll see what that does.
Hibernate and sleep options have never been fool proof in any Windows version which why I don't use them.
I often time will leave my pc on during the weekend... But I turn it off all other nights. I don't want some four dollar fan to quit working and maybe kill the rest of the pc.
And there's the part how a nice fresh bootup clears out any cobwebs that might be hanging around.
Yes, that does clear the corruption and flipped bits stored in the ram.Quote:
And there's the part how a nice fresh bootup clears out any cobwebs that might be hanging around.
Learned that clear back in 98.Quote:
Hibernate and sleep options have never been fool proof in any Windows version which why I don't use them.
I guess I'll have to bite the bullet do the same with this stubborn PC. However, over the years I have had a much better survival rate with leaving electronic equipment powered on continuously rather than powering off. Learned that in the years I was involved with amateur radio. Thanks guys, for all your input. Lets lay this one to rest........................