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The simple answer, no. As suggested, just turn off your monitor and let it run like that. Same with peripheral lights if they're bothersome. If your PC or laptop sleeps by itself due to lack of input, check your power options in Control Panel. #3.
25. If your computer is locked, that means that your computer is running but that you will be prompted for a password when you go to use it next. In this case, Steam will continue downloading your games as long as the computer is running, e.g. unless the computer falls asleep. If you put your computer to sleep manually or if it falls asleep ...
The Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, mobile phones, etc… are all able to download while in sleep mode. This is a basic functionality that should be available to PC users as not everyone has 100mb/sec internet and some leave their systems on overnight. the consoles literally have a second co-processor for this functionality.
Hodman Nov 7, 2016 @ 6:16am. What I do is play a video on infinite loop. #1. ReBoot Nov 7, 2016 @ 6:20am. Tell your computer not to go to sleep. What settings have you changed? #2. Jim Beam Nov 7, 2016 @ 6:21am. Originally posted by Hodman:
Open Control Panel. Click on Hardware and Sound. Click on Power Options. Click the Choose when to turn off the display option from the left navigation pane. Use the “Turn off the display” drop-down menu and select the Never option for the “On Battery” and “Plugged in” settings. Click the Save changes button.
Per page: 15 30 50. Steam Deck > Feature Requests > Topic Details. Noticed that game download/update would pause/halt when deck is put into sleep mode. I think that having the ability to stay connected to the network and downloading/updating games while in sleep mode would be very convenient. Even if the feature would only work while charging ...
The PC will need to be on to download. Have you actually looked at what "sleep" turns off on a PC? #2. Glaive Dec 27, 2014 @ 10:04am. dont let your pc go asleep whilst downloading i think you can turn the sleep function off in the settings somehow. #3. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐜𝐤𝐞 (Banned) Dec 27, 2014 @ 10:15am.
13. There is a work-around to turn new game downloads into scheduled updates: 1- configure scheduled updates and set it as the default update method. 2- initiate downloads for your new games. 3- pause your downloads. 4- secret sauce: restart the Steam client to clear the paused download status.
sleep mode would stop a download. You can see if doing that stops your network from dropping while in Sleep Mode. Sleep mode stops all programs from running, so it's best if you just mute your computer and shut your screen. If you're on windows, type in Search Bar "Change when the computer sleeps", set the Sleep part to none and the Screen part ...
Geo Aug 16, 2013 @ 8:54am. The downloading program (Steam) needs to reset the system idle timer by calling SetThreadExecutionState with ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED. #5. icrashedtheinternet Jun 22, 2014 @ 11:28am. Yep, this is a textbook example of where Windows' SetThreadExecutionState () API should be used to keep the computer awake.