Go Back   Cyber Tech Help Support Forums > Operating Systems > Windows 8

Notices

Windows 8 Problem solving for the Windows 8 Operating System

Reply
 
Topic Tools
  #1  
Old May 19th, 2016, 05:03 PM
CougarDS's Avatar
CougarDS CougarDS is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 77
Laptop keeps waking up w/o openeing lid

I believe is software related because i haven't had this issue until recently.

MSi GT70 2PC Dominator
Windows 8.1
Intel i7-4810MQ 2.8 GHz
64bit OS

I ran command prompt "powercfg -lastwake" and it showed 1 history count but 0 for the source. So it didn't tell me what it was. I also ran "powercfg -devicequery wake_armed" so see what CAN wake it up, and it said NONE.

I'm stumped and tired of google'ing. Thanks in advance!
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old May 19th, 2016, 07:05 PM
Murf's Avatar
Murf Murf is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
O/S: Windows XP Pro
Posts: 17,424
Go to Device Manager (Win+X, M is the quickest way), and expand the "System devices" list. If you look through the listed devices, there should be an entry for your laptop's lid (mine is listed as "ACPI Lid"). Double-clicking this will open the properties panel for that device.

If your laptop supports waking with this particular device, there will be a "Power Management" tab available, and under that tab will be a checkbox to "Allow this device to wake the computer". If the checkbox isn't grayed out, ticking it will allow the computer to wake when the device sends a signal (in this case opening the lid). If the checkbox is grayed out, then your laptop cannot wake upon opening the lid.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old May 19th, 2016, 09:28 PM
CougarDS's Avatar
CougarDS CougarDS is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 77
I found the ACPI Lid but it didn't have a power management option. I checked everything under System Devices and none of them had it. I also checked the mouse and keyboard and they both do NOT have the check box checked. Any other ideas? Thanks for helping.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old May 19th, 2016, 10:23 PM
smurfy's Avatar
smurfy smurfy is offline
Cyber Tech Help Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
O/S: Linux
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
Posts: 9,538
I would check the properties of all network adapters for WOL and disable it.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old May 19th, 2016, 10:40 PM
Murf's Avatar
Murf Murf is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
O/S: Windows XP Pro
Posts: 17,424
Also was this an upgrade to 8.1 with previous Win 7 or always had Win 8.1?
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old May 20th, 2016, 01:32 AM
CougarDS's Avatar
CougarDS CougarDS is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 77
Always 8.1

What does WOL mean? Only two adapters are enabled: ethernet and wireless both unchecked to awaken device.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old May 20th, 2016, 01:56 AM
smurfy's Avatar
smurfy smurfy is offline
Cyber Tech Help Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
O/S: Linux
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
Posts: 9,538
WOL = Wake on Link

Despite what the Power Management tab says, I always double check the advanced tab of the NIC properties to ensure the Wake features are disabled.

e.g. at the moment on my work machine, Wake up is disabled in Power Management but Wake on Magic Packet is still enabled in the Advanced tab.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old May 23rd, 2016, 03:46 PM
CougarDS's Avatar
CougarDS CougarDS is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 77
ok, so i disabled "wake up on magic packet" for my ethernet adapter and my laptop was awake again this morning when i got up. The wireless and the other two adapters do not have that option to disable. Should i disable "wake on pattern match?"

I feel like it may be something else because i've never messed with any of these settings and nothing has changed with any of my network adapters.

Is there a way to find out what is actually triggering the wake? I already tried the command lines that i posted in the first post.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old May 23rd, 2016, 11:35 PM
renegade600's Avatar
renegade600 renegade600 is offline
CTH Subscriber
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
O/S: Linux
Location: Osceola, Ar
Posts: 26,675
did you install anything lately that calls home when open or change the schedule for scans and email.

you can always do a system restore to a restore point date just prior to the problems. If it dont work, could always revert back.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old May 24th, 2016, 12:35 AM
CougarDS's Avatar
CougarDS CougarDS is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 77
No I don't think I've installed anything like that. Restore is not an option for this issue simply because of how many things I save and how many updates for software I've done. I would be losing too many weeks of work. Not just saved files but settings and program installations and i do not want to do all that again. Including installing Adobe Premier and After Effects (this happened before those programs.)

There's got to be a way to find out what's doing it, 3rd party program? Another command line I can try in DOS?

Any other ideas that doesn't involved system restore (i wouldn't even know how far to go back anyway because it's been so long i've just been dealing with it.)

Worst case scenario i have to shut it down every night but i prefer not to because i run so many programs and windows on 3 monitors, it's a pain to set them all up everyday.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old May 24th, 2016, 01:02 AM
Murf's Avatar
Murf Murf is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
O/S: Windows XP Pro
Posts: 17,424
See if this info helps at all.

http://www.howtogeek.com/187009/ask-...p-prematurely/
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old May 24th, 2016, 10:06 AM
renegade600's Avatar
renegade600 renegade600 is offline
CTH Subscriber
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
O/S: Linux
Location: Osceola, Ar
Posts: 26,675
check out the solution for someone with a similar problem at the following..

http://superuser.com/questions/88296...ile-lid-closed
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Topic Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Topics
Topic Topic Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Waking Computer Jerry56 Windows 7 1 March 30th, 2015 10:46 PM
Trouble Waking Up! friendlyphil Hardware 0 May 23rd, 2010 12:05 AM
Waking Up squiffy2 Jokes Forum 0 August 2nd, 2006 10:15 AM
What's waking my computer? jumargibbs Windows XP 4 May 11th, 2006 12:25 AM
Laptop Mouse/Touchpad Erratic After Waking jvickers01 Hardware 3 February 21st, 2005 10:02 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:54 PM.