This option lets your computer put USB ports into a low power state during sleep rather than turning them off completely.
In the Advanced Power Options menu, there’s an option that lets you enable or disable USB selective suspend. Several Windows 10 settings seem to relate to how USB ports are powered and when they all ended up being dead ends for me. How to Power Off USB Ports when Laptop is in Hibernateįirst, let me go over a few things that did not work for me. Not a perfect solution, but it works for me.
Long story short, what fixed my problem with the USB devices staying powered was setting up my laptop to hibernate instead of sleep. Keeping USB ports powered while a computer is in sleep mode is the intended Windows 10 behavior.
Short of shutting down my computer entirely each time I leave the room or unplugging the USB devices, I hadn’t been able to find a fix for this. If this laptop were somewhere other than my basement-say in the family room or a dorm room-I can see how a tabletop full of dumb flashing USB devices could be even more annoying. But it gives me the anxiety to see that USB audio interface with its flashing light, indicating that it’s powered-on but can’t connect to my computer. The amount of electricity it’s using is probably minimal.
