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A new observation: I was just mucking about with an ACER Aspire C24 with Windows 11 (21H2) and, guess what? NO PROBLEMS AT ALL with the monitor sleeping AND waking using the sleep button. Therefore... Hardware or Firmware or BIOS? Peter

:D Aw yes, glasskuter. It is true that one occasionally needs to point out the obvious to us oldies however . . . Search for Fast Startup (been there, done that) and a search for Fast Boot :unsure:

Hello Scott from beautiful Maui, There would appear to be a minor disagreement between your documentation and my eyeballs. The differences may well be a function of what the hardware makes available. Since I'm not a laptop, of course I would have neither a main battery nor a "lid" to close...

Hi again, glasskuter, No luck (thus far). I read your recommended article and tried the following . . . 1) Check whether the device is allowed to wake the computer or not. [YES /mouse] 2) Run Power Troubleshooter. [Couldn't find this one] 3) Turn Off Fast Startup. [Looked hi and low...

Good day, glasskuter, Thank you for your welcome and for jumping in. Re: ... using the power menu rather than the keyboard sleep button? Yes. The problem is identical as previously described. Also, when using the command line "NirCmd.exe monitor off" (as written by NirSoft.net). I...

The SLEEP button on my keyboard is assigned to the MONITOR SLEEP function. There is no problem going to SLEEP. On mouse movement, the monitors are turned back ON BUT the only visible content is the cursor. With ALL monitors (3) remaining permanently black, (no matter what I try), the only way...