almost no power plan options work

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I'm trying to use a custom plan and none of the options work. It wont
sleep, hibernate, hybrid sleep, or turn off the hard disk when I set it
to. All it will do is turn off the display when I set it to.

Any suggestions?


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SJK11
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Relevant Pages

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