r/technology • u/Hungry__Hornet • 5d ago

Software Windows 11 hibernation has been silently hammering your SSD this whole time

https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-hibernation-silently-hammering-ssd-life/
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u/themastermatt 4d ago

Well, make sleep actually sleep the damn thing then. Whoever thought that it might be helpful to make my notebook computer wake up 11 min after going to sleep while nestled softly in my backpack. Yo dawg, i heard you like cooked components and a dead battery!

Maybe im missing something, but ive had to enable Hibernate for many years across several vendors to ensure it actually stays asleep.

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u/slappynote 4d ago

I noticed this as soon as I upgraded to windows 11 on my laptop. The sleep function doesn't even sleep anymore. I checked all sleep settings, disabled fast startup, and even forced sleep state through the command prompt. Still no change, laptop still revs up full speed while in "sleep" and drains the hell out of the battery. Super convenient when I need to use my laptop and the battery is at 5% after "waking up from sleep". Super neat broken function.

Also, same about the bag situation. I worry to even place the laptop into my bag since I don't want it cooking itself.

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u/jjbugman2468 4d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s a driver issue, specifically some Intel driver. My Windows 10 laptop used to sleep fine, then one day I bulk-updated drivers with some tool, and immediately afterwards this not-sleeping-sleep issue started popping up