I would like to have my laptop wake on USB

ironfist · 13 Oct 2017

The computer I have now will stay on when the top is closed, which is what I want. But when it goes to sleep I cannot wake it without lifting the top and pressing power. I use monitors and usb keyboard and I want to be able to activate the computer using it.

I have gone through power settings but there were no options to do this.

I went into keyboard settings and there was no tab with options to wake computer from usb even though other pages said it should be there.

There is a usb option in BIOS but it doesn't control this.

How do I do this?

Caledon Ken · 13 Oct 2017

Hi ironfist.

When you were in device manager and you right clicked on Keyboard, then properties, was there a power management tab?

Would you mind sharing device make model. I would like to look at BIOS if it is online.

Ken

hawkman · 13 Oct 2017

Hi Ironfist,

for the USB's you want allow
ie mouse/keyboard

Device manager >> mouse/keyboard >> properties >> power management
check the Allow this to wake. box.

Roy

ironfist · 13 Oct 2017

Each option is there in device manager, and they are checked, but they do not work.

Caledon Ken · 14 Oct 2017

Make and model of computer please.

ironfist · 15 Oct 2017

asus model k55v

Caledon Ken · 16 Oct 2017

Please check model number. I key in K55 and I get a whole bunch of units but they all have at least one more digit.

dalchina · 16 Oct 2017

Whether you can do that depends on your hardware. For example, the previous version of this model of laptop used to support wake from sleep with a keyboard button. This (later version) doesn't. It took the supplier a little time to work that out as they were used to it doing so.

To find out which devices potentially have the capability:

See Devices able to Wake Computer in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials

Admin command prompt:
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_any
- list all that can wake your PC

powercfg /devicequery wake_programmable
- list all that are user programmable

ironfist · 16 Oct 2017

I got:

Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Detection Driver (USB)
Wireless Keyboard Filter Device
HID-compliant consumer control device
USB Audio
HID-compliant mouse
PCI-to-PCI Bridge
ACPI Sleep Button
USB Root Hub
Generic USB Hub
High Definition Audio Device
USB Composite Device
SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem
HID-compliant consumer control device (003)
Microsoft Hardware USB Keyboard
High Definition Audio Device (001)
Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D
Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
HID-compliant consumer control device (005)
HID-compliant vendor-defined device (001)
Microsoft Hardware USB Mouse (002)
Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E26
Generic USB Hub (001)
Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Realtek PCIE CardReader
HID-compliant system controller (001)
USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)
USB Input Device (003)
PCI-to-PCI Bridge (002)
High Definition Audio Controller
USB3 to UHD 55
Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft)
USB Root Hub (001)
Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
USB3 to UHD 55 (001)
Wireless Device (002)

dalchina · 16 Oct 2017

If you can identify a useful device then you use the parameter
/DEVICEENABLEWAKE
-Enables a device to wake the system from a sleep state.

Example:
POWERCFG /DEVICEENABLEWAKE "Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical"

Allow or Prevent Devices to Wake Computer in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials