“Sleep” not an option for “Lid close action” on Windows 8.

bhalps

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When you go to power options in the control panel for Windows 8, under power buttons and lid >> lid close action >> on battery/plugged in, you should be able to choose


a. Do nothing
b. Sleep
c. Hibernate
d. Shut down


However, sleep is not an option for me ever since I updated to Windows 8.1. Screenshot:

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The update also screwed up a lot of stuff. Very annoying. The computer is an Asus Zenbook. Any suggestions?
Thanks a bunch!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64/ Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self Made
    CPU
    Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Z68 V Pro
    Memory
    16GB DDR 3
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS 6870 ICEq edition
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 22" Display
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    WD 1 TB
    Seagate 2 TB
    WD 320 GB
    PSU
    coolermaster 750 W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 912
    Keyboard
    TVS Gold
    Mouse
    Samsumg
    Internet Speed
    4 Mbps
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    AVG 2013 IS
does your laptop have a ssd and is it using intel rapid start on it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 7 PRO x64, WIN 8.1 PRO x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7 4790K
    Motherboard
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
    Memory
    32GB(4x8GB) DDR3 Team Xtreem 2666 @ 2400 CL10 10-12-12-31
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x MSI GTX 780 Twin Frozr OC 3GB
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar Essence STX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PB278Q, HP 2311xi, UN46F7100AFXZA
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440p, 2x1080p
    Hard Drives
    256GB 840 PRO SSD
    10TB RAID 0 Array (Movies, Steam)
    6TB RAID 1 Array (Backups, Documents)
    3TB EXT Drive (Secure Backups)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760
    Case
    NZXT White Switch 810
    Cooling
    Block: XSPC Raystorm, RES/Pump: XSPC Bay res W/D5 Vario, RAD: XSPC RX360, 6xNF-F12's
    Keyboard
    Rosewill RK-9000 with MX Blue switches Logitech G15 Rev 2 (gutted for LCD)
    Mouse
    Logitech G400
    Browser
    Chrome
    Other Info
    I also own a Lenovo Y510p, and Yoga 2 Pro
My laptop does have a SSD and I believe it has Intel Rapid Start but I'm not entirely certain. Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
Just to resurrect an old thread because I had the same problem on upgrading my laptop to Windows 8.1, and I found this thread. So I thought I'd post back what I did to solve it, in case it helps someone.

As described, all the sleep options were just missing from the power config menus. The tutorial mentioned didn't help because the sleep options were missing there too.

I found the following elsewhere which helped:

* from an Elevated Command Prompt, type the command:
powercfg /a

* in my case this told me that it could not support sleep because of a driver, and the device was 'Graphics'.

* This told me I needed to update my graphics driver, and on doing this, the Sleep option returned.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1, 10
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