Idle / Random Sleep - Reason Application API
Apr 15, 2014
I've encountered a sleep-related problem on my tower (desktop). Some time after a long idle (~12-16 hours), my machine just goes to sleep. I require this machine to be up 24/7, so I've tried many things; inevitably, my computer just decides to take a nap. I've even enabled wake-on-lan so I can wake it up remotely when I'm not nearby. Attached are my system specs/info, service culprits (non-microsoft), and attempted fixes.
systeminfo.txt is output from systeminfo
AidaReport.txt is a full summary of my machine
SleepEvents.txt contains the sleep event itself and the events that always seem to follow or precede it.
Running Non-Microsoft Services:
Adobe Acrobat/Flash Player update Services
AMD External Events Utility
Apple Mobile Device
Bonjour Serivce
Evolve Service (Evolve Gaming Client)
FileZilla Server FTP server
Fitbit Connect Service
iPod Service
Mozilla Maintenance Service
OpenVPN Service
Splashtop Remote Service
Splashtop Software Updater
Steam Client Service
VMware Authorization Service
VMware USB Arbitration Service
VMware Workstation Server
Things I've tried:
Disabled all sleep related settings, including hybrid sleep and fast startup. Power options are set to never sleep on all profiles (power plans). I've tried Caffeine (F15 every 59 seconds) and Insomnia (SetThreadExecutionState).
Originally, my computer was going to sleep with the reason Sleep Button pressed, and it looked like it was my keyboard (Razer DeathStalker), so I disabled the hardware sleep button, then the reason changed to Application API (with some delay between the 2 problems).
All windows updates have been applied, including the latest 8.1.1.
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Nov 6, 2013
Computer rebooted randomly today with no BSOD. Found this in the event log.
I've ran a sfc /scannow with no errors reported and also re-imaged my machine using the DISM tool. Here is a link to my MEMORY.DMP file it's 1.1GB! Is that normal?
[URL] .....
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
Date: 11/6/2013 11:13:56 AM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
[Code] ......
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My Windows 8.1 pro desktop system,is going to sleep after a few mins of staying idle.I was having windows 7 before this and I never faced any issue.It was recently that I upgraded my OS to windows 8.1 pro. This is a clean install of the OS.
By staying idle, I mean, I am reading some newspaper or some pdf file or something like that online without any activitiy on the keyboard.After a few mins, it automatically goes into sleep mode. This is making me mad, as I could be in the middle of something while reading documents and it goes into sleep.
In the power options, I have changed it to High Performance plan, I have verified that, "Turn of Display" and "Put the computer to sleep" options are "Never". When I click on "Advanced Power Settings" , I can see that , under sleep, "sleep after" is never. Allow Hybrid sleep is "Off". Hibernate after is "Never".
I just wanted to add, that the event viewer shows the following entries...
The system is entering sleep.
Sleep Reason: System Idle
The kernel power manager has initiated a shutdown transition.
The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep state transition (S4). This can result in reduced resume performance.
The system has returned from a low power state.
Sleep Time: 2014-06-21T05:51:33.970250600Z
Wake Time: 2014-06-21T05:52:23.968079800Z
I also tried to create a new power profile but this did not work. I ran sfc scanow and also fixed errors. I have all latest windows updates. I have also tried DISM
I can't even read something without fear and I have to keep moving my mouse every minute and I can't even concentrate.
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Taken memory test with no errors
Checked drivers and all up to date
Computer specs are:
Win 8.1
600w lc power: lc6600gp2 v2.3
Gigabyte gtx760 oc 4gb
Amd FX-4350 4.2ghz
8gb (2x4gb) kingston
Asus m5a97 r2.0
Error specs:
- System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power [ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4} EventID 41 Version 3 Level 1 Task 63 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000002 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2014-01-25T07:53:00.308266100Z EventRecordID 845 Correlation - Execution [ ProcessID] 4 [ ThreadID] 8 Channel System Computer Takunen_ - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18
- EventData BugcheckCode 0 BugcheckParameter1 0x0 BugcheckParameter2 0x0 BugcheckParameter3 0x0 BugcheckParameter4 0x0 SleepInProgress 0 PowerButtonTimestamp 0 BootAppStatus 0
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C:WindowsMinidump51414-29 Memory.dmp
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