No sleep or hibernate options on my Windows 7 PC












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I've been looking around and couldn't find the right answer to fix my problem.



I build my computer today from scratch, but for some reason the Sleep & Hibernate options are disabled and won't let me click them. The Sleep and Hibernate buttons are the ones in the Start menu, when I click on the > arrow next to Shut Down.. Could someone please shed some light on this issue?










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  • open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

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I've been looking around and couldn't find the right answer to fix my problem.



I build my computer today from scratch, but for some reason the Sleep & Hibernate options are disabled and won't let me click them. The Sleep and Hibernate buttons are the ones in the Start menu, when I click on the > arrow next to Shut Down.. Could someone please shed some light on this issue?










share|improve this question























  • open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

    – Stark07
    Jan 6 '14 at 11:42
















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I've been looking around and couldn't find the right answer to fix my problem.



I build my computer today from scratch, but for some reason the Sleep & Hibernate options are disabled and won't let me click them. The Sleep and Hibernate buttons are the ones in the Start menu, when I click on the > arrow next to Shut Down.. Could someone please shed some light on this issue?










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I've been looking around and couldn't find the right answer to fix my problem.



I build my computer today from scratch, but for some reason the Sleep & Hibernate options are disabled and won't let me click them. The Sleep and Hibernate buttons are the ones in the Start menu, when I click on the > arrow next to Shut Down.. Could someone please shed some light on this issue?







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  • open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

    – Stark07
    Jan 6 '14 at 11:42





















  • open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

    – Stark07
    Jan 6 '14 at 11:42



















open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

– Stark07
Jan 6 '14 at 11:42







open up a command prompt, and type in powercfg -a. Paste the output here. What is the motherboard model?

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To enable hibernate open up a elevated command prompt window (run as administrator). Then type



powercfg.exe /hibernate on


For sleep go into your power plans, click change plan settings and then change advanced settings and see if there is a sleep option there. If not then sleep may not be available. See here:



http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions#






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    To enable hibernate open up a elevated command prompt window (run as administrator). Then type



    powercfg.exe /hibernate on


    For sleep go into your power plans, click change plan settings and then change advanced settings and see if there is a sleep option there. If not then sleep may not be available. See here:



    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions#






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      To enable hibernate open up a elevated command prompt window (run as administrator). Then type



      powercfg.exe /hibernate on


      For sleep go into your power plans, click change plan settings and then change advanced settings and see if there is a sleep option there. If not then sleep may not be available. See here:



      http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions#






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        powercfg.exe /hibernate on


        For sleep go into your power plans, click change plan settings and then change advanced settings and see if there is a sleep option there. If not then sleep may not be available. See here:



        http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions#






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        To enable hibernate open up a elevated command prompt window (run as administrator). Then type



        powercfg.exe /hibernate on


        For sleep go into your power plans, click change plan settings and then change advanced settings and see if there is a sleep option there. If not then sleep may not be available. See here:



        http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions#







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