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jbubb

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    PC going to sleep randomly
    « on: July 28, 2020, 03:18:00 PM »
    And sometimes goes into a sleep restart mode. I did a lot of steps like setting the sleep to never and even got so fed up that I reset the computer and reloaded certain programs that are considered safe. It behaved for a while and is now back. I did an antivirus check ans a malwares scan and found nothing. I forgot to add that sometimes it does this while booting up, it's so weird.

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    Re: PC going to sleep randomly
    « Reply #1 on: July 28, 2020, 05:54:51 PM »
    I've had where like Toshiba and a few other computers have their own power management software that ignores whatever you have Windows Power Management set to for sleep mode etc. Does your computer have a bundled power management utility that is ignoring Windows power management?

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    Re: PC going to sleep randomly
    « Reply #2 on: July 28, 2020, 06:15:40 PM »
    Hi
    Can you run Speccy and post a link to the report.
    Free version from here https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download
    After it runs select File , Publish snap shot and then copy the link provided to your next post.
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      Re: PC going to sleep randomly
      « Reply #3 on: July 28, 2020, 06:38:12 PM »
      To Dave, not sure about your question but I've gad this computer for at least 3 years and it hadn't been doing that.

      To  Lisa_maree,, I will download and try that.
      I downloaded it and am posting the link.

      http://speccy.piriform.com/results/ubdQPGDtjhJb7Ypzg11oZCg


      « Last Edit: July 28, 2020, 07:09:14 PM by jbubb »

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      Re: PC going to sleep randomly
      « Reply #4 on: July 28, 2020, 10:53:06 PM »
      Thank you for the speccy report. The only thing which looks odd is the 8 gb and 4 GB memory modules being different makes and models. I suspect the 8 GB has been added. This wouldn't normally be a problem.

      What happens if you run the computer with only the 4 GB memory  installed?

      I can't read from the Speccy report if all the drivers are loaded. If you supply the model of HP computer I can check for Windows 10 drivers and provide a link. 
       
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        Re: PC going to sleep randomly
        « Reply #5 on: July 29, 2020, 10:19:44 AM »
        HP PO-570-P026

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          Re: PC going to sleep randomly
          « Reply #7 on: July 29, 2020, 05:23:03 PM »
          Kind of confused after opening all the drivers, Do all the drivers need downloading and installed or just the latest dated ones?

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          Re: PC going to sleep randomly
          « Reply #8 on: July 29, 2020, 08:11:35 PM »
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            Re: PC going to sleep randomly
            « Reply #9 on: July 29, 2020, 08:33:51 PM »
            OK, thanks.

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              Re: PC going to sleep randomly
              « Reply #10 on: August 01, 2020, 10:02:53 AM »
              The HP support assisant hasn't been helpful.

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              Re: PC going to sleep randomly
              « Reply #11 on: August 01, 2020, 10:08:13 AM »
              Just re-install all of them....it'll ignore those it don't need.
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                Re: PC going to sleep randomly
                « Reply #12 on: August 02, 2020, 06:58:26 AM »
                Thanks Patio.

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                  Re: PC going to sleep randomly
                  « Reply #13 on: August 03, 2020, 07:07:19 AM »
                  I downloaded all of the latest drivers to no avail. Fingers crossed, I dug through all my old computer parts and found a matching VGA cord. So far everything is working fine.

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                    Re: PC going to sleep randomly
                    « Reply #14 on: August 03, 2020, 09:58:04 AM »
                    No luck, it lasted  600   sec