Dell laptop randomly wakes up from sleep


  1. Posts : 53
    Windows 10 Home
       #1

    Dell laptop randomly wakes up from sleep


    I've had this Dell Inspiron i5577 for quite a while, and now, it's been waking up randomly at night. This morning I woke up to my computer on, well, sort of. It was on, the fans were loud, but the screen wasn't on. My RGB external keyboard was on too, but my mouse wasn't. I'm so confused as to why my computer wakes up. I've disabled wake timers and auto maintenance before, and it solved rhe problem temporarily. Today, the issue came back to haunt me. Any help is appreciated and, I think this might be because of the windows update? At night, I don't close my laptop lid because my keyboard is there, should I close my laptop lid? Any help is appreciated, I think I'll have to disable wake on LAN in my bios if that's even a thing? Any help is greatly appreciated.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 68,921
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello osly,

    You can check your wake source event logs to see if it may be able to reveal what woke your laptop.

    See Wake Source in Windows 10 | Tutorials
      My Computers


  3. Posts : 456
    Windows 10
       #3

    What do you mean with you don't close your laptop lid because your keyboard is there? The lid is made to be closeable don't matter the keyboard.

    In the power scheme you can choose something like "what to do when I close the lid" Turn off computer, sleep, hibernate, nothing

    I would choose turn off computer you probably have the sleep option.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 14,046
    Windows 11 Pro X64 22H2 22621.1848
       #4

    He has an external keyboard plugged in.
      My Computers


  5. Posts : 53
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #5

    ricardobohner said:
    What do you mean with you don't close your laptop lid because your keyboard is there? The lid is made to be closeable don't matter the keyboard.

    In the power scheme you can choose something like "what to do when I close the lid" Turn off computer, sleep, hibernate, nothing

    I would choose turn off computer you probably have the sleep option.
    I have an external keyboard lying on top of my trackpad lol.
      My Computer


 

  Related Discussions
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 10 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 10" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

© Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:42.
Find Us




Windows 10 Forums