- Aug 1, 2011
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I have a Lenovo y510p running Windows 8.1. It's always hooked up to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse with the battery pulled out (plugged into outlet). I've been through the advanced power options more times than I can count and have disabled anything that tells the computer to sleep no matter if it's on battery or plugged in. Screensaver is set to wait 15 minutes and turn off the display after 1 hour.
Nevertheless, if I am away from the computer from 5 minutes, it will sometimes sleep against my will and I have to wake it up, reenter my password, and restart anything that crashed because of the sudden internet termination. This problem has been bothering me for several months so I'm getting desperate for a solution.
I found out how to check the event viewer and look for event #42, hoping to find details on what triggered the unwanted sleep, but it has none. Only the message "The system is entering sleep." which is the same no matter if I put the computer to sleep myself through the start -> settings -> power -> sleep or the computer went to sleep itself when I didn't want it to.
Is there any other information I can find about each time my computer sleeps, or further actions I could try taking to prevent it from sleeping after 5 minutes of inactivity?
Nevertheless, if I am away from the computer from 5 minutes, it will sometimes sleep against my will and I have to wake it up, reenter my password, and restart anything that crashed because of the sudden internet termination. This problem has been bothering me for several months so I'm getting desperate for a solution.
I found out how to check the event viewer and look for event #42, hoping to find details on what triggered the unwanted sleep, but it has none. Only the message "The system is entering sleep." which is the same no matter if I put the computer to sleep myself through the start -> settings -> power -> sleep or the computer went to sleep itself when I didn't want it to.
Is there any other information I can find about each time my computer sleeps, or further actions I could try taking to prevent it from sleeping after 5 minutes of inactivity?
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