Is sleep ever going to work correctly?

Kojack · 2026-06-15T06:45:23-0400

I read a while ago that Microsoft supposedly fixed the sleep functions on Windows 11. I put my laptop to sleep, put it down and when I come back it's a steaming furnace, and it wont wake up. I have to power down and restart it. Is there any way to fix this so it works correctly?

idgat · 2026-06-15T06:59:26-0400

Kojack said:
Is sleep ever going to work correctly?

Going by the number of posts in this, and multiple other forums across the net, probably no. A real lottery.

Kojack · 2026-06-15T07:00:43-0400

idgat said:
Going by the number of posts in this, and multiple other forums across the net, probably no. A real lottery.

That's what I figured.

FrancoDT · 2026-06-15T09:27:19-0400

Kojack said:
I read a while ago that Microsoft supposedly fixed the sleep functions on Windows 11. I put my laptop to sleep, put it down and when I come back it's a steaming furnace, and it wont wake up. I have to power down and restart it. Is there any way to fix this so it works correctly?

When my laptop acted like that with S0 modern standby sleep I had to ditch the latest NVIDIA drivers from their site and go back to the Dell factory NVIDIA and Intel drivers. No more issues with sleep once I stick with the Dell factory GPU drivers. I have the 5080 GPU.

TraderGary · 2026-06-15T10:00:28-0400

Kojack said:
I read a while ago that Microsoft supposedly fixed the sleep functions on Windows 11. I put my laptop to sleep, put it down and when I come back it's a steaming furnace, and it wont wake up. I have to power down and restart it. Is there any way to fix this so it works correctly?

It seems that the older the hardware, the more of a problem there is. My two systems are working fine with S0, Modern Standby.

Kojack · 2026-06-15T10:25:02-0400

TraderGary said:
It seems that the older the hardware, the more of a problem there is. My two systems are working fine with S0, Modern Standby.

Well I am either getting a ProArt P14 or Surface laptop Ultra this fall, I hope they fare better in the sleep department.

HeavyHemi · 2026-06-15T10:29:53-0400

Personally I don't consider S0 a 'sleep mode' it's more correctly described as a low power standby mode. For me, S3 sleep works reliably. When I do have issues resuming, it has invariably been related to Nvidia display drivers.

FrancoDT · 2026-06-15T10:30:17-0400

Kojack said:
Well I am either getting a ProArt P14 or Surface laptop Ultra this fall, I hope they fare better in the sleep department.

My big issue with my Surface Laptop 7 currently is the IR Camera won't wake after sleep or reboot to activate Windows Hello. From what I read they need a firmware update but MS is in no hurry to fix it.

gunrunnerjohn · 2026-06-15T10:36:00-0400

HeavyHemi said:
Personally I don't consider S0 a 'sleep mode' it's more correctly described as a low power standby mode. For me, S3 sleep works reliably. When I do have issues resuming, it has invariably been related to Nvidia display drivers.

BINGO!
I was having all sorts of issues with S3 sleep, and I always suspected the Nvidia drivers. Since I don't often need the performance of the RTX-4060 board, I finally removed it and started using the Intel UND 770 built-in graphics on my i5-14500 processor. All the sleep problems have vanished, the computer wakes up much faster, and it hasn't hung or misbehaved since I reconfigured!
I'd love to be able to use my Nvidia GPU for certain applications, but until the get their crap together, it's a shelf queen!

TraderGary · 2026-06-15T10:50:16-0400

FrancoDT said:
My big issue with my Surface Laptop 7 currently is the IR Camera won't wake after sleep or reboot to activate Windows Hello. From what I read they need a firmware update but MS is in no hurry to fix it.

I have the same Surface Laptop 7 as you do. Your recommendation was one of the helpful reasons for my purchase. The IR camera works fine when waking from S0 sleep for me. Mine was delivered 6 months ago. I wonder if there could be any difference in firmware.

TraderGary · 2026-06-15T10:57:17-0400

Kojack said:
Well I am either getting a ProArt P14 or Surface laptop Ultra this fall, I hope they fare better in the sleep department.

I upgraded my primary system just five weeks ago. I stayed with Dell and went with the new XPS 16 with the Panther Lake processor. You can see my specs in My Computers below.

MisterEd · 2026-06-15T10:57:51-0400

My 2 desktop computers with Windows 11 Pro have Nvidia GPUs (GTX 1060 6GB, and RTX 3060Ti). Neither one has sleep problems. My only laptop with a Nvidia GPU has a Notebook RTX 3060. It has Windows 11 Pro. It has no problems with sleep.

My only computer that has a sleep problem has a GTX 560 GPU. It has Windows 10 Home. I disabled sleep and let it go into hibernation instead. After it goes into hibernation all I have to do is touch a key on the keyboard or move the mouse to wake the computer.

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FrancoDT · 2026-06-15T11:18:37-0400

MisterEd said:
My 2 desktop computers with Windows 11 Pro have Nvidia GPUs (GTX 1060 6GB, and RTX 3060Ti). Neither one has sleep problems. My only laptop with a Nvidia GPU has a Notebook RTX 3060. It has Windows 11 Pro. It has no problems with sleep.

My only computer that has a sleep problem has a GTX 560 GPU. It has Windows 10 Home. I disabled sleep and let it go into hibernation instead. After it goes into hibernation all I have to do is touch a key on the keyboard or move the mouse to wake the computer. Note

After numerous discussions and topics on laptop GPU (mainly NVIDIA) issues it seems certain brands are more prone to issues especially sleep if you stray from the factory laptop GPU drivers to the generic NVIDIA site drivers. Dell and some other laptop brands tweak and test their GPU drivers to integrate with their specific hardware and software so some machines don't play nice with generic latest and greatest drivers. I found that out first hand and just stick with factory now. I know they're older but I don't get any more compatibility issues that way and NVIDIA drivers these days seem notorious for causing issues.

MisterEd · 2026-06-15T11:51:52-0400

FrancoDT said:
After numerous discussions and topics on laptop GPU (mainly NVIDIA) issues it seems certain brands are more prone to issues especially sleep if you stray from the factory laptop GPU drivers to the generic NVIDIA site drivers. Dell and some other laptop brands tweak and test their GPU drivers to integrate with their specific hardware and software so some machines don't play nice with generic latest and greatest drivers. I found that out first hand and just stick with factory now. I know they're older but I don't get any more compatibility issues that way and NVIDIA drivers these days seem notorious for causing issues.

I agree that in specific cases people may have to stick with laptop OEM GPU drivers for best stability. However, that is not a general rule.

With my main laptop I use the Nvidia app to recommend GPU driver updates.
Also, my other laptop has an AMD GPU. I use the Adrenalin app to recommend GPU driver updates.

BTW, both AMD and Nvidia recommend laptop owners stick with graphic drivers on the laptop support website. I suspect their lawyers told them to say that.

dacrone · 2026-06-15T12:09:04-0400

i gave up on trying to understand this sleep garbage tbh. i have a relative that owns an MSI AiO desktop and it does not support s3. so, with s0 i tried setting it to go to sleep and it will turn off the display but then immediately come back on... ALWAYS. so i set it to hibernate... and it does so (properly). that person doesn't like hibernate because of the length of time it takes to resume.

then i found this. i set it to sleep the PC after 15 mins of idle/inactivity and set Schedule Repeat. works just like s3 sleep. goes to sleep, stays in sleep and resumes/wakes instantly when keyboard is invoked. no clue what it does differently...

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FrancoDT · 2026-06-15T12:09:33-0400

MisterEd said:
I agree that in specific cases people may have to stick with laptop OEM GPU drivers for best stability. However, that is not a general rule.

With my main laptop I use the Nvidia app to recommend GPU driver updates.
Also, my other laptop has an AMD GPU. I use the Adrenalin app to recommend GPU driver updates.

BTW, both AMD and Nvidia recommend laptop owners stick with graphic drivers on the laptop support website. I suspect their lawyers told them to say that.

I'll never forget the Dell Support Tech woman giving me a big I told you so on my two month old PC at the time when she saw the NVIDIA app latest driver I was using that broke sleep LOL. What could I say she was right.

XxXxX · 2026-06-15T12:31:49-0400

i have found on Windows systems to get sleep working
disable 'fast startup' in power options
and also disable hibernation > powercfg -h off
a restart will be required after changing these settings.

then sleep seems to work as it should on the systems i have here.
best of luck Steve ..

FrancoDT · 2026-06-15T12:36:52-0400

XxXxX said:
i have found on Windows systems to get sleep working
disable 'fast startup' in power options
and also disable hibernation > powercfg -h off
a restart will be required after changing these settings.

then sleep seems to work as it should on the systems i have here.
best of luck Steve ..

I've always had fast start-up and hibernation disabled on my machines as I have no need for either. As a matter of fact my two newer machines were set that way already by default.

Edwin · 2026-06-15T13:33:16-0400

My machines are either On or Off! Period!

Kojack · 2026-06-15T13:49:52-0400

TraderGary said:
I upgraded my primary system just five weeks ago. I stayed with Dell and went with the new XPS 16 with the Panther Lake processor. You can see my specs in My Computers below.

How do you like the new XPS Gary? I was looking at the 14 inch model with the same specs you have.

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