My Win 11 PC won't wake up from sleep using the keyboard or mouse.

Anonymous
2023-01-25T16:43:18+00:00

My Win 11 PC can only wake up by pressing the power button. How do make it able to wake up using the keyboard or mouse?

I have checked the option that says "Enable wake up using mouse or keyboard" somewhere, but it doesn't make any difference.

My PC is updated to the latest system update.

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Anonymous
2023-04-11T11:52:48+00:00

My Win 11 PC can only wake up by pressing the power button. How do make it able to wake up using the keyboard or mouse?

I have checked the option that says "Enable wake up using mouse or keyboard" somewhere, but it doesn't make any difference.

My PC is updated to the latest system update.

I believe I found the solution, it is a Windows power-saving policy where USB power is cut off when the computer goes into sleep mode, so the keyboard receiver will not work, and the computer will not wake up as a result. You just need to disable this feature.

Settings > Energy e Battery > Energy Recommendations > Stop usb devices when my screen is off to save battery ----> Turn Off.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-24T19:35:19+00:00

    In addition to all the settings in Windows itself, some or all of which could be relevant but didnot work for me, I found there is a setting within UEFI/Bios

    that did the trick for me. In my case the settings are labeled "Wakeup event setup" and also "Power management setup"

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T18:04:52+00:00

    If you're not familiar with your BIOS I recommend you find someone who is. You can permanently damage your system playing in there.

    However, if you're ready to take that chance, during boot there is an opportunity to open the BIOS using set keystrokes, Depending on your computer model there are different methods of accessing the BIOS during the boot process. Search the internet for how to access your particular model.

    On one of the pages, there should be some Power settings. Look through those settings for 'hibernate' and turn that off. Change nothing else, save your changes, and reboot your PC.

    I'm old too. It worked for me. No promises, but as I said in my first sentence, if you're not familiar with the BIOS, let someone who is familiar do it for you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T15:50:36+00:00

    I'm computer illiterate and old, but how did you do that? Sounds interesting.

    Thanks in advance.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T13:17:05+00:00

    I turned off hibernate in the BIOS and problem solved.

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