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    #2498742

    win 10 22H2

    Only noticed this since got P15s 1-2 weeks ago. Very ordinary settings. I can be typing along, usually in libreoffice but could be anything, and bam I have a black screen, which if I click on it I (correctly, if it has gone to sleep) get asked for password.

     

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    - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
    others...
    - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

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    • #2498750

      Have you perchance setup a keyboard shortcut to put the computer to sleep?

      --Joe

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    • #2498754

      no. And I was just testing with libreoffice and it’s making a partial liar of me, but it sleeps sooner than the 10 min set. So not a dependable error, and cause unknown. thanks, though.

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498761

      yeah, it just went to sleep at about 5 min battery set to 4 and power

      It just did it again. and again. something about hand placement on keyboard but not repeatable

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498762

      Is your BIOS/UEFI up-to-date? Is your display driver up-to-date?

      --Joe

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      • #2498764

        yes to both. thanks. see solution.

        - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
        others...
        - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498763

      Never mind. The solution is comical: I occasionally wear acupuncture magnets on my wrists/palm to treat or prevent whatever. They were triggering the lid-close magnet sensor.

      solved

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

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      • #2498803

        from @krism: “Never mind. The solution is comical: I occasionally wear acupuncture magnets on my wrists/palm to treat or prevent whatever. They were triggering the lid-close magnet sensor.”

        I will definitely have to remember that one.

        Group "L" (Linux Mint)
        with Windows 8.1 running in a VM
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        • #2499288

          Yes that is funny, funnier than what I was going to suggest : Write something more exciting so your computer does not fall asleep on you.

          Oops I see is was not solved, no humor yet in order.

          🍻

          Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.
          • #2499305

            please read to end of post. solved.

            - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
            others...
            - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498766

      Though I have marked this solved because my original problem of sporadic sleep was solved, I now find that regardless of the sleep settings, at about 5 minutes the lock screen appears and perhaps 45 seconds later, screen goes to black. While this doesn’t bother me particularly, As an experiment I set everything to 15min. no change. same thing at 5 min.

      anybody know why?

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      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

      • #2498769

        Two guesses hoping that one of them is the reason for the settings not taking effect after you’ve set them.

        The first is that perhaps for some reason the settings aren’t making it into the registry in the right location in order to take effect after having been set.

        The second guess is that perhaps for the settings to take effect, you need to reboot the laptop. During the reboot, the computer is supposed to read the registry and apply any settings contained therein.

        I hope this helps!

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    • #2498772

      I did have a tad of foresight and after I set them all to 15, I did reboot the computer. I wouldn’t know if they are making it to the registry…

      EDIT 2 notes, I turned off/deleted hiberfill long ago. I run Bing Wallpaper on desktop wallpaper.

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498775

      edit 3 I went to power settings and told it to reset to default, and then rebooted – still 5 min (default is 10 for powered and 4 for battery.)

      - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
      others...
      - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

    • #2498943

      Hey there. I’d suggest checking Personalization > Lock screen > Screen saver Settings. It may be set to 5 mins with a Blank Screen saver (eg Black screen)

      Technically neither the screensaver or power settings should trigger while you’re active doing something as typing so something is certainly messing up there but I’m afraid I can’t think of anything else that hasn’t already been suggested atm. Good luck!

       

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      • #2499045

        I did not get a notification of your post, thus my delay in answering, BUT, you get the prize! I looked at the settings (below) and changed the time to 11 and screen appropriately went black at 10min. it says none, but I believe I added the checkmark to open with lock screen (because early on this laptop would not present lock screen when lid raised (see ribbon repair) ) and that may have done it. I don’t understand it, but for the second time, SOLVED. THANKS!!!

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        - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
        others...
        - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

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    • #2499060

      Glad to hear that was it after all.

      I must say I was impressed that you caught the fact that the initial issue was caused by magnets you were wearing. Even if I had been physically there to see you using it I likely wouldn’t have caught that and would have been so confused!

      Thanks for letting us know it’s all taken care of though. Some people (on other forums at least) vanish and you never know if the problem is solved so it’s nice to hear that it actually was solved in this case.

      • #2499080

        It was weird. It happened when I moved my palms across the keyboard, and I kept doing that trying to see what it was. Took me a while!

        - Thinkpad P15s Gen1 20T4-002KUS, i7-10510U, UEFI/GPT, 16GB, Sammy 500GB M.2.
        others...
        - Mint Cinnamon 21 current, Win 10 22H2. WuMgr. HP laserjets M254dw & P1606dn, Epson 2480 scanner.

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