Monitor goes to sleep.

[Murphy17]

Have new HP tower, but my older HP monitor goes to sleep and I can't get it to turn back on without turning the new desktop off. I have set it to never turn off, but it does it anyway after several hours if I am not using it.

[Anand_Andy]

Hi @Murphy17,

Welcome to the HP Support Community

I understand you are facing a display flickering issue with your HP Notebook PC. Not to worry I will help you to get a resolution to resolve the issue.

To assist better:

• Was there any recent update on the PC?
• Have you tried connecting the PC to a different monitor or TV to check? 
• Are all the drivers on HP Support Assistant up to date?
• If not please follow the document to update the drivers: HP PCs - How to Download, Install, and Use HP Support Assistant (Windows)

While you respond to that please try the below steps:

Update the BIOS & Video card drivers to resolve this issue

• Here's the link to download and install the above updates: Click here

If the issue persists, try the below steps:

Disabling the hybrid sleep, followed by updating all available Windows updates and the BIOS update from the HP website, please follow the below steps to disable the hybrid sleep after performing a hard reset on the device should help resolve the issue.

In Windows, search for and open the Control panel.

Make sure the View by setting is set to Category, and then click Hardware and Sound.

Click Power Options.

Click Change plan settings for the power plan that is selected.

Click Change advanced power settings.

Expand Sleep, and then expand Allow hybrid sleep.

Select Off from the On battery drop-down menu, and then select Off from the Plugged in drop-down menu.

 

Click OK.

FOR DETAILS & FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, USE THIS LINK: CLICK HERE & FOLLOW THE STEPS UNDER - The computer does not wake up from sleep or hibernate mode.

I hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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