Lenovo Yoga 7 Pro X going to deep sleep

tony359 · Friday at 7:56 AM

Hi all,

I have a Ryzen 7 6800HS Lenovo Yoga Pro X running Windows 11 23H2.

I have set Windows to go to sleep when I close the lid (old Windows 7 menu). Also, in the modern control panel, I have to NEVER go to sleep when either battery or plugged in, with the lid open.

When on Battery, if I close the lid and I re-open it within a few minutes, Windows is waking up basically immediately. But after a while with the lid closed, the system hibernates - I think. I see the YOGA logo and the "spinning balls" while Windows loads. It's not a huge wait but I don't understand how I can control that.

Is there an option I am not considering? I'd like the laptop to go into low power mode but not to the point where it has to show a Windows loading logo!

Thanks
Tony

abactuon · Friday at 8:50 AM

I guess it all depends on what happens when you close the laptop lid.
I don't have a laptop, but it must depend on that.

tony359 · Friday at 9:10 AM

I have set the action to "sleep" but it looks like the laptop has two "sleep" modes.

So the sequence of events is this:

Case A
- I close the lid
- The laptop goes to sleep (power LED blinks)
- 2 minutes later I open the lid
- After about 3-4 seconds of black screen I see the Windows login page.

Case B
- I close the lid
- The laptop goes to sleep (power LED blinks)
- 20 minutes later I open the lid
- After 3-4 seconds I see the YOGA logo followed by the "loading" spinning circles.
- 15 seconds later the Windows login page appears.

I don't see an option to tell Windows to NOT go to case B - which looks like a hibernation to me.

glasskuter · Friday at 10:17 AM

Today's laptops use modern standby (S0) with hibernate rather than sleep (S3) as we have been accustomed to in the past.

Bree · Friday at 10:29 AM

tony359 said:
When on Battery, if I close the lid and I re-open it within a few minutes, Windows is waking up basically immediately. But after a while with the lid closed, the system hibernates - I think. I see the YOGA logo and the "spinning balls" while Windows loads. It's not a huge wait but I don't understand how I can control that.

Is there an option I am not considering?

Yes.

Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Power Options > Edit Plan Settings > Change advanced power settings.
Set 'Hibernate after' to whatever suits your needs.

tony359 · Friday at 10:52 AM

@glasskuter I thought S0 didn't use Hibernate at all!

@Bree Thanks.
I don't seem to have that option in the menu though.

rick99 · Friday at 10:57 AM

tony359 said:
@glasskuter I thought S0 didn't use Hibernate at all!

@Bree Thanks.
I don't seem to have that option in the menu though.

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You can disable hibernation from an admin command prompt > powercfg /hibernate off

Bree · Friday at 10:58 AM

tony359 said:
@Bree Thanks.
I don't seem to have that option in the menu though.

You can add it in Windows 10/11.

Add or Remove Hibernate on Power menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Hibernate on the power menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Hibernate is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops, and might not be available for all PCs. (For example, PCs with Modern Standby may not have hibernate...

www.elevenforum.com

tony359 · Friday at 11:16 AM

@Bree
I had already enabled it. It's showing in the Power menu - but not on the menu you mentioned.

@rick99
Thanks. I was hoping to be able to have a bit more control. I might be ok with hibernation but after a longer time.
If I disable Hibernation, what happens when I close the lid - and have "sleep" enabled in the menu?

Does the laptop goes to "very low power mode" but without hibernating?

Is it just me (or my laptop) or the whole "power saving" thing is pretty bad nowadays?

Thanks for now!

rick99 · Friday at 11:18 AM

tony359 said:
@rick99
If I disable Hibernation, what happens when I close the lid - and have "sleep" enabled in the menu?

Thanks for now!

It will just go into the standard (S0) sleep mode.

Helmut · Friday at 12:12 PM

Bear in mind this - Sleep uses more power than Hibernate.

Case B is when the battery is too low it has to go to Hibernate.
So, essentially that is safety mechanism.

More likely to happen after a time and an uncalibrated battery.

"I don't see an option to tell Windows to NOT go to case B - which looks like a hibernation to me."
It is indeed, telling Windows to not to go to B is an impossible position, there is just not enough power to sustain the available sleep states.

You can alter some things in the Power Options > change plan settings > Advanced, but obviously there are still practical limits.

In your post #6 you have to scroll down to Battery

On mine it is the Advanced settings > Battery > Critical battery/Low battery/Reserve battery, action/level/notification.
The level % assumes a recently calibrated battery.

tony359 · Friday at 12:52 PM

Thanks @Helmut

I thought it was because of critical battery but it's not. When it wakes up with the YOGA logo, I still have plenty of battery available.
My W11 is set to hibernate when battery is "critical" which is 2%. I had something like 60% available last time it happened.

So, yes - I would understand if Windows is hibernating at 2%. But that's not my case unfortunately.

And yes, I am aware "sleep" takes more power than "hibernate". There are just some situations where I'd like the laptop to go to "low power" and wake up immediately. And if I need to hibernate it, I can choose that manually (or set a longer timer).

Right now it's got a mind of its own

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