go to desktop mode, go to screen saver, if it says blank, 1 minute, change it to none. it fixed mine SP3, Same issue.
Surface Pro keeps going to sleep every 1-2 minutes of being idle
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Love the idea behind the Surface Pro, but been having software and hardware issues lately. One of the software issues I've been experiencing is that when my Surface Pro first goes to sleep after a restart and I wake it up, it then begins going into sleep mode every like 1-2 minutes of being idle. I noticed this when reading some news on the internet.
I double checked my power options I have my current power plan (based off Balanced) set to put my Surface Pro to sleep (while plugged in) after 30 minutes of being idle!
Anyone know what's causing this problem? Is this another OS bug in Windows Ei8ht? I've avoided contacting the Surface support team cause every time I've contacted them about technical problems like this, their only solution is to perform a system refresh.
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2013-10-13T05:46:32+00:00 What small program did you uninstall? You sure the problem is gone? Perform the following steps just to confirm:
1- Perform a system restart
2- Login
3- Put the surface pro through 2 sleep-wakeup cycles
4- See if it goes to sleep again after a short period of time
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Anonymous
2013-10-11T21:49:17+00:00 Interesting…that is usually one of the first 3rd party programs I install on fresh Windows systems I configure…don't see why Windows 8 should be conflicting with it…
It wasn't WINRAR...it was another small program I installed...removed it and bam, sleep problem gone.
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2013-10-11T21:32:08+00:00 Interesting…that is usually one of the first 3rd party programs I install on fresh Windows systems I configure…don't see why Windows 8 should be conflicting with it…
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2013-10-11T20:23:03+00:00 This just started today...the ONLY change I made was install WinRAR 64 bit. Could that be it? Haven't uninstalled it yet...