Ever since i downloaded windows 10 my lenovo idea pad will go to sleep after only 3 minutes of inactivity. Iv'e gone into the setting and changed it to what I want but no matter what I do it it stays the same. It's extremely frustrating could anyone please help.
Probably related to settings prior to upgrade. Do you recall the settings on your previous system? I have a similar problem with one laptop in relation to telling it never to ask for a password after it sleeps and every time it sleeps it wants a password! I will eventually check registry and see what's up!
have you checked your BIOS settings? Try doing a BIOS reset to factory default.
Before the update I had it set to an hour of inactivity before it would go into sleep mode and I never had a problem with it but from the moment I updated it has always been like this.Probably related to settings prior to upgrade. Do you recall the settings on your previous system? I have a similar problem with one laptop in relation to telling it never to ask for a password after it sleeps and every time it sleeps it wants a password! I will eventually check registry and see what's up!
Ditto - My laptop is sleeping every minute of inactivity as if it was a phone not a laptop. Driving me crazy as it needs a password on wake up every time.Before the update I had it set to an hour of inactivity before it would go into sleep mode and I never had a problem with it but from the moment I updated it has always been like this.
Finally found the solution,just in time too because I swear I was about to go insane.
Right click on desktop > Power and sleep > Additional power settings > Choose when to turn off the display > Change advanced power settings > Restore plan defaults
I don't know why but this completely got rid of the issue and I was then able to make the settings whatever I wanted.
Hope this helps!
Since upgrade from Win 8 to Win 10 I had this same issue and I checked multiple times my settings. It would randomly sleep after about 1 minute but sometimes it would wait the time actually defined in the settings. I have done your suggested reset now and then changed my settings back to what I wanted. I'll just have to see if this fixes it. Since it is random it may take a few uses of the laptop to ensure it is working correctly now.
My HP Envy laptop still sleeps within 1 or 2 minutes randomly. It almost seems to alternate between 1 or 2 minutes and then my full minute settings. I did not have this issue with the original Win 8 that came on the laptop only since going to Win 10. Note, I have a USB mouse/keyboard and monitor hooked up via a HDMI cable so not sure if that is contributing to this issue or not.
Thanks for this. It was driving me nuts too. I had my own custom power plan and I guess it got corrupted when I upgraded from W8.1 or was incompatible with W10. Anyway, I deleted that plan and reverted to using one of the default ones on default settings as you recommended and it works now. Thanks so much!Finally found the solution,just in time too because I swear I was about to go insane.
Right click on desktop > Power and sleep > Additional power settings > Choose when to turn off the display > Change advanced power settings > Restore plan defaults
I don't know why but this completely got rid of the issue and I was then able to make the settings whatever I wanted.
Hope this helps!
I had this problem on a Lenovo e550 purchased with Windows 10 installed. I corrected it with the fix mentioned in another thread on this forum at Monitor turns off after 2 minutes of inactivity - Page 3 - Windows 10 blog
Issue seems to mainly be with laptops using external keyboard and mouse, and waking from the external device.
I did the fix just a few hours ago, but it seems to have worked for me and a number of others.
Regards,
Howard
