No sleep mode when plugged in?

Ok so I have Vista 64 bit running on a Asus laptop and when I have it in
the battery saving program it will go to sleep no matter what, but when
I have it plugged in and on Max performance it will not sleep... screen
turns off, but nothing else happens...


Please help me figure out what the problem is!!!


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Adamd

Andrew
Fri Oct 03 16:46:27 PDT 2008



"Adamd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ok so I have Vista 64 bit running on a Asus laptop and when I have it in
> the battery saving program it will go to sleep no matter what, but when
> I have it plugged in and on Max performance it will not sleep... screen
> turns off, but nothing else happens...
>
>
> Please help me figure out what the problem is!!!
>
>
> --
> Adamd



Check the Vista Power Options settings (Control Panel > Power Options).
Select a power plan to suit the computer e.g. Balanced, Power Saver,
Performance. The default settings for these are below (at least, the
defaults here apply to my machine):

Balanced: "Turn off Display: 20 minutes", "Sleep: 1 hour"

Power Saver: "Turn off Display: 20 minutes", "Sleep: 1 hour"

Performance: "Turn off Display: 20 minutes", "Sleep: Never"

So given you're using "Max Performance" as you state above, I would guess
putting the computer to sleep is set to "never".

Go into "Change Plan Setting" for which ever one you're using ("Performance"
in this case, I assume) and change the "Go to Sleep" option to something
other than "Never"; if it's already set to a specific timeframe, make it
sooner or later to suit you.

If this doesn't solve the issue, maybe some system task is preventing the
computer entering sleep mode - could be due to network activity, or disk
defragmenter, a back up routine or any number of things.

You might even check out the "Advanced" options, because you might find
something there that prevents the sleep mode.

VistaLava
Fri Oct 03 17:55:33 PDT 2008


have you checked the settings for the power profile you are using, m
guess is you have selected 'never' for the sleep option

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VistaLava

SIW2
Fri Oct 03 19:27:29 PDT 2008


Hi Adamd

This may be worth checking ou

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/63567-power-options-sleep-mode-problems.htm

Hope it help

SIW

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SIW2

Richard
Sat Oct 04 02:15:28 PDT 2008

That would be because you chose "High Performance" as your power profile, in
that profile when the computer is plugged in the computer does not sleep,
ever. You can either choose a different profile or go to the Power Options
icon in Control Panel and set a sleep timeout period.

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"Adamd" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ok so I have Vista 64 bit running on a Asus laptop and when I have it in
> the battery saving program it will go to sleep no matter what, but when
> I have it plugged in and on Max performance it will not sleep... screen
> turns off, but nothing else happens...
>
>
> Please help me figure out what the problem is!!!
>
>
> --
> Adamd