As odd as it may seem, the Turn Off LCD utility, which on a regular laptop serves to turn off the display but still leave the laptop running, will put the DV8P to sleep (alas, it will not turn the display alone off--a victim of Connected Standby, it seems). The utility is very well-behaved, and small; to get rid of the DOS box that appears when it is run, you can use a shortcut to run the utility and have it run minimalized (set that in the shortcut).
It's been a favorite utility of mine for years--only sad that it won't serve its intended purpose on the DV8P (to be fair, no display-off utility seems to work with the DV8P--the effect of Connected Standby, apparently).
Is there a similar simple key combination for Hibernate (while still having the tablet's Connected Standby mode enabled)? Interestingly, adding Classic Shell's Classic Menu to the tablet adds a Hibernate selection possibility--a pleasant surprise.
P.S. that is not a typo. In my experimentation I tried many variations of the code. Strangely, the Sleep code does not put the DVP into sleep, but rather hibernation.
GreenMk
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August 12th, 2014 22:00
I still hope someone can help me with an answer here.
I'll give a little more info.
When you go Settings/Power/Sleep the tablet goes to sleep.
Similarly when you press the power button on the side, the tablet goes to sleep.
All I need is code to go into a desktop shortcut that will accomplish the above.
The traditional code below does not work:
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState (Sleep)
Mikerman
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August 13th, 2014 03:00
As odd as it may seem, the Turn Off LCD utility, which on a regular laptop serves to turn off the display but still leave the laptop running, will put the DV8P to sleep (alas, it will not turn the display alone off--a victim of Connected Standby, it seems). The utility is very well-behaved, and small; to get rid of the DOS box that appears when it is run, you can use a shortcut to run the utility and have it run minimalized (set that in the shortcut).
http://www.redmondpie.com/turn-off-your-notebook-lcd-with-one-click/
GreenMk
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August 13th, 2014 20:00
Thanks Mike. I may try out your suggestion if I don't have success with some other solutions I'm working on.
Mikerman
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August 13th, 2014 23:00
It's been a favorite utility of mine for years--only sad that it won't serve its intended purpose on the DV8P (to be fair, no display-off utility seems to work with the DV8P--the effect of Connected Standby, apparently).
GreenMk
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August 14th, 2014 11:00
After spending far too much time on trying to find a solution for this, I am happy to report that I finally have success!
As is often the case, the solution is simple; rather elegant actually.
All that's needed are the following keystrokes:
Alt-F4
{Up}
{Enter}
They have been coded into an Autohotkey script shortcut that sits on my desktop close by my
Shutdown, Restart and Hibernate shortcuts.
Mikerman
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August 14th, 2014 14:00
Is there a similar simple key combination for Hibernate (while still having the tablet's Connected Standby mode enabled)? Interestingly, adding Classic Shell's Classic Menu to the tablet adds a Hibernate selection possibility--a pleasant surprise.
GreenMk
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August 14th, 2014 15:00
Not that I am aware of.
I use the following code in a desktop shortcut to get into hibernation:
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep
P.S. that is not a typo. In my experimentation I tried many variations of the code.
Strangely, the Sleep code does not put the DVP into sleep, but rather hibernation.