I recently bought a Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10, and both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth disconnect every time the laptop goes to sleep. They reconnect automatically as soon as it wakes, but my previous HP Pavilion Gaming 15 stayed connected during sleep. I already disabled "Allow this device to turn off to save power" for the Bluetooth adapter, although it made no difference. That option is missing for the Wi-Fi adapter, and I also cannot find network adapter power-saving controls in the power plan. Both drivers are up to date, and I have tried reinstalling them. Is this expected behavior with this laptop, or is there a setting that will keep the connections active during sleep?
1 Answer
First check which sleep mode the laptop supports. Open Command Prompt as administrator and run `powercfg /a`. If the output shows Modern Standby, Windows is using a newer sleep model where network connectivity and Bluetooth may be suspended instead of staying active. That would explain why the adapters disconnect and then reconnect after waking.
I checked with `powercfg /a`, and it looks like Modern Standby is enabled. So this may be a limitation of the sleep mode rather than a driver or adapter power-saving setting.