Another method to fix the screen problem is to examine which devices can wake the device from sleep, and remove that ability. For my wife's Surface 2, it was constantly turning the screen on when we weren't using it. Seriously, every five minutes, it'd be on for 30 seconds. One night, the Surface totally drained it's entire battery due to this.
I ran this command to see the last device that woke the screen, powercfg /lastwake To my surprise, it said USB Mouse. This was especially odd, given that no mouse was plugged in. I went to device manager, and found that there was a device listed with a matching name. When I disabled its wake from sleep attribute in properties, the system stopped turning on constantly. If you don't get any luck with /lastwake, you can also use this command: powercfg /devicequery wake_from_any Just look through the list and disable wake for each device you can live without. If this STILL doesn't work, then disable Hybrid Sleep, which will really keep your device from waking. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend that did the in-place upgrade and sleep isn't working > properly. > > I guess I should make him run the driver update. ;) > > > > Thanks for the info. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > on behalf of Niall Brady [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 7:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't > go into sleep properly > > no i simply used the wrong driver package (clean install), obviously I was > tired :-P all good now. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:29 PM, David McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So you upgraded from 8.1 to 10 or you installed 10 clean and then need to >> use 8.1 drivers until the 10 drivers catch up? >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Niall Brady >> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 4:56 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't >> go into sleep properly >> >> >> >> found the issue, the issue was i simply used the wrong driver package >> (Windows 8.1 versus Windows 10), as identified via the readme.txt >> >> doh ! >> >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Latest Build is notorious for battery life issues. But – it’s beta. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From: *Stephen Owen >> *Sent: *Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:05 PM >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't >> go into sleep properly >> >> >> >> >> >> Speaking of which, I've had horrific battery life on my Latitude E6540 >> with Windows 10 64-bit and build 10525. I just noticed today that the AMD >> Catalyst Control software was running at 100% CPU usage. I've applied the >> newest drivers and it seems good! >> >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Niall Brady <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ok i figured it out, even though im using the latest windows 10 drivers >> for some reason the intel graphics driver didnt install therefore it was >> set to microsoft basic display adapter and hence, backlight on during >> sleep, once i loaded the driver, no problem, i will dig into the logs to >> see if i can find out why it didnt load them >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Niall Brady <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ok thanks for the info guys i'll keep looking into it >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Gerry Hampson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mine definitely goes out Niall – 15 seconds each time. >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kent, Mark >> *Sent:* 27 August 2015 14:38 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't >> go into sleep properly >> >> >> >> I have mine now and I’ll test. >> >> >> >> Maybe it’s because you live in Sweden and, like the sun, never wants to >> go out. >> >> >> >> Mark Kent (MCP) >> >> Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer >> >> Computing & Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Niall Brady >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:31 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't >> go into sleep properly >> >> >> >> and both of you are using the official microsoft provided drivers ? >> >> are you SURE the backlight is going out ? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:26 PM, David McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mine is the same. >> >> 5-10 seconds then out. >> >> Windows 10 Pro 64bit clean install with only TrendMicro Officescan >> installed. >> >> On an HP Pavillion dv 2000 >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kent, Mark >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:23 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't >> go into sleep properly >> >> >> >> I believe mine stays on for about 5-10 seconds but then goes out. I’d >> have to look at it again when I have it on hand. >> >> >> >> Mark Kent (MCP) >> >> Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer >> >> Computing & Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Niall Brady >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2015 8:01 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [mssms] surface pro 3, latest windows 10 drivers, doesn't go >> into sleep properly >> >> >> >> hi guys >> >> anyone notice with the official drives that when you press the power >> button to sleep the screen blanks but the backlight is still on (obvious >> power drainer) >> >> anyone else seeing this ? >> >> cheers >> >> niall >> >> >> >> >> >> This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana >> Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use >> of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. 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