Computer won't wake up after sleep

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CarolynKay

This is actually an answer, not a question.


I've been dealing with this problem for many months. I'd set my Acer Aspire E5-576 to go to sleep under certain conditions, and for a while that worked fine. Then after a gigantic Wndows update, it no longer worked. The computer would appear to be asleep, but wouldn't wake up. The screen wouldn't turn on. The only way to get a usable computer back was to use the power button to turn it off and turn it back on again. I corrupted a few files that way. There was a lot of discussion on the internet, and a lot of suggestions as to how to fix the problem, some of which got me into a position that I had to re-install Windows, with all that that entails.

But I have a solution now. If you have an Acer computer and it's doing what mine was doing, you need to know that YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO SLEEP based on the parameters you specify in Control Panel/Power Options/Choose what the power buttons do.


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I finally decided to change my search criteria for a solution to include the word acer, and I found this, below, which works.


I went into power options ( I have already messed about in here plenty of times ) and tried something new. I went to advanced power settings and selected lid closed action, now it already says sleep. So i changed both to do nothing and applied this. I then tested and it turns my screen off when i close the lid so i know the mechanism that works with the sleep mode works! so i went back into power options and back into advanced to change the setting back to sleep. Once applied i tested again and WHALA it works my laptop now sleeps again. - [COLOR=rgba(128, 195, 66, 1)]My laptop wont sleep when closing the lid it stays on!(aspire E1-572)[/COLOR]​


I thought it might help others to know about this solution. It may work with other computers, as well.


AND ALSO, some Windows 10 updates may change the settings so they don't work again, so you may have to go through these steps again after an update.

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