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Keyboard and mouse stop working when idle
Studio laptop. Great laptop, but several times now, when it has sat idle for a while, the keyboard and mouse stop working. I am forced to power it off and back on. All my power settings are set to "never". What could be causing this? Windows 7 Home premium. No external devices.
Mary G
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February 1st, 2014 19:00
Are you sure it's not Hibernation? That is a near-shutdown and requires a brief push on the power button to wake. Hibernation makes everything stop working.. Do not restart and don't hold down the button. Try that next time it happens and a key press doesn't work. It takes a little longer to wake and looks similar to a reboot, but it much faster than an actual restart. You can change the setting in Power Options, Advanced settings of your power scheme.