Days of BIOS tricks could not make his laptop sleep; hibernate was the surrender

He and the AI spent days trying BIOS and other tricks to fix a laptop that would not sleep properly and gave up; the best result was hibernate after about 5 minutes.

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How it works

He and the AI spend days trying BIOS and other tricks to fix a laptop that will not sleep properly
Give up
The best result is hibernate after about 5 minutes idle

Why it’s worth knowing

Some firmware bugs outlast every trick two minds can stack.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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