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WiFi Adapter disappears after waking up from Sleep

Anonymous
2020-08-31T04:32:04+00:00

Hello,

I know this issue has been raised a couple of times and I have read most of the troubleshooting provided on other forums but to no avail. I would like to raise this issue again with hopes of finding solutions.

Issue: When waking up from sleep, Wifi is disconnected. Checked in NCPA.CPL (network connections) that WiFi adapter has disappeared. Wasn't able to check in device manager. User have to restart to fix issue.

Laptop: Surface Laptop 3

Network Adapter: Intel(r) wi-fi 6 ax201 160MHz

Windows version 2004

Network Adapters List:

What we've done so far..

  1. Checked that the Network adapter doesn't have the Power Management Tab.

  1. Checked HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power and found out that it doesn't have CsEnabled DWORD. Created CsEnabled and set it to 0. Restarted but nothing happened. Still no Power Management Tab
  2. No Wireless Adapter settings in Power Options.
  3. Updated the driver. Asked user to test if this solved the problem but it didn't. WiFi still disconnects after sleep.
  4. Reinstalled Driver -- still waiting for update from user
  5. Surface support suggested the following:

     a. Restore the power plan to default settings. Power Options > Edit Plan Settings > Restore default settings for this plan.

           - Still waiting for update

     b. Please try to go to Settings > Power & Sleep > Network Connection > Select Never as an option for "when PC is asleep and on battery power,               disconnect from the network".

            - The laptop doesn't have this option. 

Please help on this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-24T13:02:03+00:00

    My laptop is new and it has this Wi-Fi 6 which is new and there is no rollback option. I suspect because the hardware and driver are new, its a bug that will have to be figured out by devs.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T18:51:50+00:00

    I have been having exactly this issue for about 3 days now.

    My PC is an HP Envy laptop with an AMD processor and a realtek network device. If the PC goes to sleep (e.g. I shut the lid), when I open the lid again, the network adapter has disappeared from device manager. The only option is to shut it down and restart it.

    I have looked at the solutions above, but they don't cure my problem (I have no hard disk, just solid state and the network adapter has no power settings in the advanced driver area)

    Any help appreciated.

    Alan

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-31T06:47:28+00:00

    Hi Shuaib,

    Thank you for your response. 

    Unfortunately we do not have that options. We only have the below.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-31T07:21:08+00:00

    Hi,

    In that case please follow the below enable the HDD option in Power Options and try the above instructions.

    Fix #1

    Step 1:

    Go to search box next to Windows icon and type CMD

    Step 2:

    Then right-click on Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator

    Step 3:

    Type the below command and press enter.

    powercfg -attributes SUB_DISK 6738e2c4-e8a5-4a42-b16a-e040e769756e -ATTRIB_HIDE

    Step 4:

    Restart PC and verify the option listed in Power Options.

    Let me know the results after performing the above.

    Regards

    Shuaib

    Independent Advisor

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-31T04:46:29+00:00

    Hi,

    My name is Mohammed Shuaib, an Independent Advisor and I'm here to assist you with the issue of wifi adapter disappears after resuming from sleep. Please follow the below to fix the issue.

    Step 1:

    Go to search box next to windows icon and type Edit Power Plan

    Step 2:

    Then click on Change advanced power settings

    Step 3:

    Expand Harddisk and then expand Turn off hard disk after

    Step 4:

    Set value for On battery and Plugged into 0 (Zero)

    Step 5:

    Click/tap on Apply and then press OK.

    Step 6:

    Restart the PC

    Let me know the status after performing the above.

    Regards

    Shuaib

    Independent Advisor

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