Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Sleep Mode Buttons Are Not Working

Jan 19, 2009

My question concerns the non-functioning  sleep mode buttons on my Lenovo W540 20BG.
 
In my current power management settings, the W540 is suppose to enter sleep mode by pressing Fn4 or by pressing the round power button shortly. However, either one of these methods do not work.
 
My computer does enter sleep mode when usign the Windows start menu (Start->Shut Down -> Sleep).

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Not Waking Up From Sleep Mode?

Apr 1, 2014

My W540 seemed to have nightmares while in sleep mode because it keep waking up from time to time

BIOS ver 2.11
Windows 7

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Lenovo W540 ThinkPad W Series :: Won't Wake Up From Sleep

Oct 31, 2014

When I put my laptop to sleep or it sits idle for a period of time and goes to sleep on it's own it stops recognizing the laptop monitor.  It will still display on other monitors connected through the docking station, but not the laptop.  It doesn't matter if I put it to sleep while on the dock or off the dock, it never recognizes the monitor.  
 
I have an Intel HD Grpahics 4600, and an NVIDIA Quadro K1100M video cards.  I've checked drivers for both and they both say they are up to date (9/29/14 for Intel, and 09/12/2014 for NVIDIA).  I have also updated every possible thing in the Lenovo System Update.
 
This problem occured after switching from windows 7 to windows 8.1.I have also lost the ability to control the brightness of my laptop monitor through my computer at any point in time.  The function keys don't work, and the setting is not shown on my power manager.

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 - Disable Middle Click Scroll Mode

Jun 29, 2008

I would like to use the trackpoint as a proper middle click instead of the (also useful) proprietary scroll mode. Basically same problem as discussed here: [URL] ......
 
However that article seems a little old. The synaptics control panel on the W540 seems to be markedly different and I cannot for the life of me find out where to disable that or set the middle  click to be a regular middle click.

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 - Toggling WiFi Power On Mains Shifts To Airplane Mode

Feb 24, 2014

Each time I try to turn off the WiFi when connected to the mains, the unit goes into airplane mode.

1] Any work around so the WiFi is turned off IMMEDIATELY and still remain with the W540 connected to the power supply (mains)??

There has to be a way to quickly turn off the WiFi without going into battery mode.

2] Similarly, is there a way to turn off the WiFi during boot up or before the system is fully booted.

I checked the power setting Lenovo software, but I find it very convoluted for such a simple workstation task.

As an answer to the original post:  On long d/l's with slow lines, I have not found anyway to turn off the screen deliberately. Closing the lid does turn off the screen, but the screen turns on when the lid is opened.  Having the screen on in an hotel room is a nuisance, similarly when leaving the system on while away, and the cleaning people see the unit is turned on.  I gave up, and do not travel with the W540, as I have yet to find a workaround. I do manage with my other brand workstation.

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Jan 8, 2013

I have tested the following on 2 identical W540 machines.After installing Windows 8.1, the internal camera is not working. I dont remember if the camera worked before we installed 8.1. I have installed all relevant drivers and updated all windows updates. I have installed all drivers from System update.

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Lenovo X1 Carbon X Series ThinkPad :: After Opening Lid In Sleep Mode It Does Not Wake Up?

Jan 3, 2014

power option is set up in sleep, when i close the lid and after opening it, it does not wake up. i have to press the power button for 5 or more seconds in order to restart the system
 
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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Card Reader Not Working

Apr 19, 2014

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: Numeric Keypad On W540 Not Working

Sep 6, 2014

I might have seen the numeric keypad keys work once since getting this machine, but now can't get the keys to produce numbers.  Some of the keys initiate other actions not associated with numeric data entry.  
 
I tried removing the wireless dongle for my Microsoft wireless mouse but no improvement  --  I simply swapped this MS mouse from my old W510 without doing any formal install.  
 
This doesn't appear to be a hardware problem since the keypad keys have some effect  --  just not the intended effect.

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 - Microphone Mute Is Not Working

Sep 17, 2014

I have a new W540, and the microphone mute button does not work properly. When I press fn+f4. the red LED turns on, the slashed out microphone appears on the screen, and the volume settings for both the "Microphone" and "External Mic" are muted in Windows. However, audio from the microphones still capture audio, and it can be recorded on applications like Audacity and Skype.
 
Manually muting the microhphones via the Sound dialog in Windows has the same effect. The LED and OSD come on, but the microphone does not stop recording. As of now, I have found no way to mute the microphone outside of muting sound input in each individual applicaton.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga S Series :: Power Button Is Not Responding In Sleep Mode

Jan 27, 2014

sometime in sleep mode my Yoga fall into irresponsive mode without any possibility to do anything. The power button is simply not working - pushing it for more than 30 second not change anything... Yoga red light is slowly blinking, the fn key is lighting, the fan is working, processor is heating and this follows to full drain battery.

Is any possibility to reset or reboot this "thermal brick" Yoga mode? Some computers and tablet have the hard reset button to work with such a situation - have Thinkpad Yoga similar solution (i.e. button combination invoking reset)?

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 / Windows 8 64bit - Fn Keys Not Working

Mar 9, 2013

I have a brand new W540 with Windows 8.1 running. Some Fn-Keys are working, for example Fn+F2 for the volume. But I have some keys which are not working: Fn+F5 or Fn+F6 should change the LCD brightness.
 
Why these keys are not working? All updates are applied (Lenovo and Windows)...

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Lenovo X Series ThinkPad :: X230 Not Wake Up After Sleep Mode / Power Button Blink With No Response

Sep 5, 2012

I just got my x230 yesterday and I'm having some weird issues. 

(1) whenever my laptop goes to sleep mode. I can't seem to make it wake up. The power button would just slowly blink and would not respond to anything. I would have to hard reset my laptop for it to turn on. When I turn it back on, it would go the "Start windows normally" screen.

(2) whenever I close the lid, I'm guessing it tries to go to sleep mode, then if I wake it up, the system seem to reboot and would go to the "start windows normally" screen.

Both seems to all relates to sleep mode.

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Oct 14, 2014

I have a quad core Lenovo W520 (i7-2820QM) equipped with Intel AMT. I have all RAM slots populated (original 2GB in each that came with the machine). I have updated to the latest BIOS (1.42 at the time of writing) and latest Intel Management Engine Firmware 7.1 (7.1.85.1216 at the time of writing). The machine has Crucial 256GB X100 SSD installed in the main compartment and a regular HDD in UltraBay.
 
The computer acts normally in sleep mode and restart sequence only when Intel AMT states that "ME is in recovery state..." during boot.
 
When it looks like AMT is happy problems begin. The problem is that when I'm trying to put the computer to sleep it goes all the way until the end per normal procedure and then suddenly decides to power itself off! Obviously Windows doesn't like this and displays recovery suggestions after starting the laptop again. This happens when connected to AC and also when disconnected from it. Also, when computer reboots it turns off all power (i.e. the display along with backlight, indicator LEDs turn off and fans spin down for a sec) inbetween and automatically starts up after that.
 
I've tested this on Windows 7 and openSUSE 13.1 (which I had lying nearby) and same behavior happens on both OSes. On Windows, all the latest drivers and updates were installed. So I don't think this is driver nor OS dependent - rather firmware/hardware related problem.
 
What is funny, it doesn't matter whether Intel AMT is activated in BIOS or not. What matters is whether the Management Engine is in some kind of recovery state or not. When it's not, computer starts acting crazy as stated above and behaviour is repeatable. Intel AMT itself seems to work however. Changing the power policy in Intel ME configuration doesn't work for sleep issue.
 
Some things I've also tried doing:
* Replace CMOS battery (measured its voltage before putting it in, of course) with a new one - no effect
* Tried two different brands of SSDs (OCZ Vertex 3 and Crucial X100) - no effect
* Tried both legacy and UEFI modes - no effect
* Scanned RAM for memory errors - no effect
 
Could Lenovo try to repeat this issue and possibly do something about this?

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Lenovo X230 Series ThinkPad :: Battery Drains Quickly In Sleep Mode / Power Management Center Won't Run

Apr 15, 2009

I have my lenovo x230 laptop set to sleep when I close the lid. When I close the lid the "sleep" icon on the back of the screen lights up. But the batter will not last through the night on sleep mode. Within five hours or so, the battery is completely drained and I have to plug in and boot up the system. I've never seen such poor batter performance during sleep mode on any other laptop I've ever owned. 
 
Another thread in this forum blames the USB port that allows you to charge mobile phones/etc. during low-power states and recommends disabling the "always power on" option fo this USB port in the Bios settings. At least my laptop still will not make it through the night in sleep mode. 
 
At this point, it seems my ownly option is to use sleep mode only when the laptop is plugged in and hibernation mode when on batter power, which is disappointing. I've never had to worry about this in the past with other laptops. Perhaps/probably related is the fact that the lenovo ThinkVantage Power Manager (v. 7.16) hangs at the splash screen when I try to open it, so I've been trying to manage the power through the windows control panel power settings.

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 UltraNav Trackpad - Stops Working After Newest BIOS Update

Dec 5, 2014

Both me and a friend of mine have Lenovo W540s.  Everything was working perfectly fine with all of our hardware, until today.  A BIOS update came out and installed correctly on both of our machines.  After this update both of our UltraNAV features on the trackpad are all dead.  After that first restart a message appeared "finding new hardware" and it found a generic mouse on the laptop.  Now when I try to re-install the UltraNav drivers, it says no hardware found.  I tried both the drivers on Lenovo.com and the manufacture's website all with no luck.
 
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May 27, 2014

I've got 2 separate but really annoying issues with my W540 20BH:
 
- display brightness keys not working: when waking up from Hibernation mode, sometimer (really, randomly!) the display brightness keys (Fn+F5/F6) don't work.... either if the display brightness is stuck on max, min or an intermediate level...Is there a way to shut down and restart the process which commands the Fn keys?
 
- audio channel commutation gets stuck. Normal behaviour of the audio configuration is:
1) speaker volume disabled, mic disabled
2) when plugging in a 4-pin headset, headset's volume is on, headset's mic is switched on; speaker volume is still disables.
3) when unplugging the headset, speakers' volume is still 0
 
After each boot, the audio channel is at 0, but doesn't commute to the headset when plugged in! I have to open Configuration Panel, realtek properties. With this window open, unplug and re-plug the headset. Now, the volume has its normal behaviour.
 
Any better way to configure audio channels and evenments, which is able to bypass realtek's manager?

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Lenovo ThinkPad L R/SL :: L520 - Goes To Sleep Mode Randomly While Doing Work

May 28, 2011

The most critical issue on my week old L520 is that it goes into sleep mode seemingly randomly even while I'm doing work. (In fact, it went into sleep mode twice while writing this post.)

I have the newest (3.59) Power Management Installed with all settings set to keep the system awake, plus updated drivers for both Lenovo and Microsoft via the Think Vantage Toolbox update feature.

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Won't Wake Up?

Sep 7, 2014

My new W540 has the latest bios & software updates.  It won't wake up from sleep...or rather the display won't come on.  When I push the power button (pulsing green), it goes to solid green and the fingerprint scanner light turns on, but no screen.  I scan my fingerprint and the scanner light turns off, but still no screen.  The only way to bring it back to life is a long press on the power button and a reboot.
 
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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Replacing HDD To SSD?

Apr 1, 2014

I am considering replacing the original 512 MB HDD that came with my W540 to SSD with similar capacity.

From what I read, the performance difference is huge

I am using - Win 7 pro and my reason buying this beast is solid CAD drafting
 
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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: New W540 Will Not Shut Down Or Reboot

Sep 7, 2008

I waited a long time for this new W540.  Downlkoad all the newest drivers and did all the updates and now this POS will not shut down.  Just goes to a black screen and have to hold the power button to force a shut down.

When I try to reboot the screen goes to black right after the home screen with a twirling cursor.  Had to send my new W530 back for hard drive failure and now this W540 is screwed, too! 

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Jan 18, 2014

I recieved the W540 a few days ago, and I see there is a slot behind the battery for a SIM card, I tried using my SIM card and I still can't use mobile broadband. Can I use mobile broadband on the W540? do I need any drivers? and if I can't use it, can I buy something like this for the expresscard slot and insert the SIM in the slot behind the battery?

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Sep 9, 2014

I got my w540 in about 2 weeks ago, and finally had a chance to start migrating everything to it last week.  I bring my laptop(s) to and from work everyday and right now I'm bringing a w520 and my new w540.  But everyday since I started bringing my w540 home with me when I get home the laptop is running when I take it out of my bag. 
 
So yesterday and this morning, I made 100% sure the laptop was in sleep mode and nothing was running before I put the laptop in the bag.  I get to work 15 minutes later and the laptop bag is about 150 degrees because the w540 is running even through the lid is closed. 

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Jan 31, 2011

I just received a new W540 and I am unable to boot from CD/DVD.  Any attempts result in a BSOD indicating the BIOS is not APCI compatible

Link to picture 

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Lenovo ThinkPad W Series :: W540 Dock Compatibility?

Oct 7, 2009

We have three dock posibilities:

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Mar 28, 2014

Is it possible to set the backlight on the keyboard to always stay on when the screen is open?

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Nov 18, 2014

My W540 recently became unable to charge while the laptop is running.  When the laptop is off, the battery will charge completely.  As soon as Windows (or Linux) boots, the charge terminates and the computer starts running off battery power.  The computer will boot without the battery installed, but the computer turns off as soon as either operating system is booted (a few seconds after the desktop appears).
 
I have tried a different power adapter without success (both adapters are Lenovo 170W supplies) and also put a different battery in (also genunie Lenovo battery) but the issue still remained.
 
The laptop is still under warranty, could it be the charging circuit on the motherboard?  Will I have to ship the laptop back to Lenovo for repair?  I am out at sea and might have to wait a while to get back into port to be able to ship the unit back to Lenovo, so I would like to investigate other options.

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May 6, 2014

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Not showing in BIOS, and not showing in disk manager or in device manager anywhere.  I just want to use it as a second drive.
 
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Sep 25, 2014

I have a W540 Laptop with 170W Ultra-Dock.  I have setup 3 external monitors, but can't seem to get my 3rd monitor to run at 1920x1080.  Whenever I set it to that resolution and I move a window to that monitor, the window flickers and shakes.  
 
I have my right monitor at 1920x1080 (VGA), my middle monitor at 1080x2560 (DisplayPort), and my left monitor at 1440x900 (HDMI) - this is the monitor that I can't get to work at 1920x1080.  
 
Wondering if there is a max number of pixels that the graphics card can handle?  I am using a NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB graphics card.
 
I read on a review of that graphics card that it can support 4 monitors and up to 4K resolution (although not sure if it meant that all 4 monitors could be at 4K - I'm thinking not)
 
How to make this work?

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