Wake up from sleep mode


  1. Posts : 168
    Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17763 Build 17763
       #1

    Wake up from sleep mode


    I am using a Dell Precision M4800 and the most recent W10 updates.
    For some time I have been interested in using the 'sleep' mode but have not used it yet. The reason being that I cannot find instructions anywhere on how to 'wake' the machine up when I wish to work again. Could anyone who is familiar with the Dell Prec. M4800, please, give me a hint at addressing this concern? Thanks in advance to one and all. Tony.
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  2. Posts : 42,870
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Typically briefly pressing the power button, clicking the mouse will wake a PC.

    In some cases pressing a keyboard key or the touchpad will also do this.

    You can use the powercfg command at a command prompt to view devices capable of and enabled to wake your device.
    Last edited by dalchina; 13 May 2021 at 01:23.
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  3. Posts : 1,203
    11 Home
       #3

    On Windows 10, moving the mouse will typically not wake the computer, but clicking with your mouse will, as will pressing a key on the keyboard─albeit some computers have a setting in BIOS that lets you enable/disable the "wakeup by mouse action" behavior style, so you might want to verify this particular BIOS setting (if present). If, however, in your power plan of Windows 10, your screen is set to turn off after some period of user inactivity, then if the computer is still awake and the screen has been turned off automatically in this manner, moving the mouse will typically turn on the screen. Normally, the user should still be able to visibly detect the difference between a sleeping computer and a computer that is awake, but the screen on which is off─a sleeping computer traditionally shows the slow-blinking power LED status.

    That being said, in Device Manager you might want to verify the settings on the Power tab in the Properties window panel of each hardware component that has such a Power tab present. A potential issue that appears to be a fairly common one─a lot of computers are still affected by it─is that the network adapter may cause inadvertent wakeups. (Even, if the Wake-On-LAN feature has been disabled in the list of settings that appears on the Advanced tab.) The easiest solution, or workaround to this particular issue is to uncheck the "Allow this device to wake the computer" checkbox that appears on the Power tab of the network adapter in question. However, it should also be noted that, over the past few years, hardware manufacturers have been adopting a new standard called Modern Standby, which replaces the old familiar sleep standard known as the "Standby (S3)" power state. Going by your specs, your Dell laptop does not support this new standard, i.e., "Modern Standby", or "Standby (S0 Low Power Idle)" so you shouldn't need to worry about that (yet).
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  4. Posts : 18,044
    Win 10 Pro 64-bit v1909 - Build 18363 Custom ISO Install
       #4

    Hello @Tony Vella,

    Tony Vella said:
    I am using a Dell Precision M4800 and the most recent W10 updates.
    For some time I have been interested in using the 'sleep' mode but have not used it yet. The reason being that I cannot find instructions anywhere on how to 'wake' the machine up when I wish to work again. Please, give me a hint at addressing this concern?

    What you could first do is to create a list of the CURRENT PowerCFG settings . . .

    Run the following commands by copying ALL the below AT ONCE into a CMD Prompt and press Enter . . .

    Code:
    
    powercfg -DeviceQuery Wake_Armed
    powercfg -DeviceQuery Wake_From_Any
    powercfg -DeviceQuery Wake_Programmable
    powercfg -LastWake
    powercfg -List
    powercfg -Requests
    powercfg /RequestsOverride
    powercfg -WakeTimers

    • When the above has finished processing . . .

    [1] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Edit > Select All.
    [2] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window again > Edit > Copy.

    • Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

    [3] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
    [4] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

    • In your post it will look like this . . .

    Code:
    
    <<< Results here >>>
    

    I hope this helps.
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