Laptop going into standby instead of turning off display

iMimi

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Hi
I've upgraded to windows 8.1 a few days ago through a custom install as I was running windows 8 x86 and wanted to switch to x64. I've also just updated the BIOS.

After the upgrade though, my laptop goes into sleep/standby and locks the screen instead of turning off the display as I have it set. So, if I edit any power plan settings to turn off the display after 2 minutes, it will go to sleep after 2 minutes. How can I fix that?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv6-1199ee

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
You updated a 32 bit OS to a 64? How well did that work?

I have seen that a lot of people who have updated from 8 end up with some kind of corrupted 8.1 image. Try using the DISM restore health command, it's in this tutorial.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26512-dism-fixing-component-store-corruption-windows-8-a.html


As I've mentioned in my previous post, I didn't actually upgrade, but rather did a custom install of 8.1. I downloaded from my DreamSpark account burnt it on a DVD and installed it and then updated my drivers to the 64bit versions as well. My processor is x64-based processor, but when I got my laptop four years ago, it had Vista 32bit installed and I kept upgrading to 7 and 8 32bit.
I'm running the DISM tool now to check for any corruption but I don't really think it's gonna detect any.

Other than the problem mentioned, the only other thing is that most of the time, it shows that it's on battery when the adapter is connected (so whatever options are there for the battery in the power plan, they start working) but it does charge or operate on AC if it's fully charged.


EDIT: DISM didn't find any problems
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv6-1199ee
The system may want a 32 bit OS, it if came with Vista on it - My old Dell Laptop had the original Core Duo that was 32-bit only, so I wasn't ever able to stick any 64 bit OSes into it.

It's probably driver problems cos the system originally had 32 bit drivers in it, there may not be real 64 bit drivers for it for Windows 8.1. I'd have to know what it is, so I can look up the specs and take a look at the drivers they have.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
The system may want a 32 bit OS, it if came with Vista on it - My old Dell Laptop had the original Core Duo that was 32-bit only, so I wasn't ever able to stick any 64 bit OSes into it.

It's probably driver problems cos the system originally had 32 bit drivers in it, there may not be real 64 bit drivers for it for Windows 8.1. I'd have to know what it is, so I can look up the specs and take a look at the drivers they have.

It did come with a 32bit Vista, but as I've mentioned above, the CPU is 64bit based and that's why I switched to 64. Of course, I had to update the drivers to the 64 versions. My laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6-1199ee and HP's website only lists drivers up to windows 7, but the 32 bit versions were working fine on windows 8, so 64 should do too, I assumed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv6-1199ee
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