Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Sleep is not visible from Shut down menu?

The problem

You have installed graphics video card drivers. They work fine and updated. But "Sleep" is still missing from "Shutdown" menu?

Well known causes and solutions


You still have the issue?

If you have a PC with processor Intel 12th, 13th generation, 14th generation, and you configured your windows to enter in real (legacy) Sleep mode, we know the reason. All (or most) new PCs does not support real Sleep (S3).

If you configured Windows 10, Windows 11 to use S3 Standby Sleep, it is not "Use S3 instead of S0" but "Disable S0". So when the computer does not support S3, none of Sleep modes is supported and you see no "Sleep" in "Shutdown settings".

Checking available Sleep Modes

Write this command in Command Prompt:
powercfg /a

Compare Standby modes - S3 Sleep vs S0 Sleep


With Legacy S3 sleep, the PC keeps RAM memory (partially) active to be able to wake the PC in same state as when you activated the sleep.

With S0 Sleep, or as it was promoted as "Modern sleep" the computer still runs but in "Low Power" mode. You read it correct - you command your computer to enter Sleep, the computer takes the command and... starts simulating sleep.

The solution

No solution! Your hardware does not support it yet.

The workaround

You have two options for workarounds. To use S0 "modern" sleep or to use Hibernate. But both of them have strong disadvantages.

Here is a detailed article about Modern S0 Sleep disadvantages.

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