# FxSound prevents PC from going into sleep

**URL:** <https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-prevents-pc-from-going-into-sleep/6343>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [March 6, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-prevents-pc-from-going-into-sleep/6343 "2026-03-06T12:43:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeatWxrld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@HeatWxrld](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/HeatWxrld)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-prevents-pc-from-going-into-sleep/6343/1 "2026-03-06T12:43:28Z")

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When FxSound works and it uses my headphones, it doesn’t let the PC go into sleep mode, the monitor turns off for 1 second and comes back. Help please

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**Author:** ![coreywillei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@coreywillei](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/coreywillei)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-prevents-pc-from-going-into-sleep/6343/2 "2026-03-09T09:55:25Z")

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erm did you click the sleep button on your pc? but i’m curious were you away and something was still playing cuz how did you nail down the cause to one

? 👀

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**Author:** ![4man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b19c9b/32.png) [@4man](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/4man)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/fxsound-prevents-pc-from-going-into-sleep/6343/3 "2026-08-27T12:58:09Z")

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I have had this problem since a couple of versions ago. The thing is that it prevents the PC from going into sleep regardless of the specific output. “powerconf /requests” shows that the legacy kernel driver is active and overrides the sleep setting, but I haven’t been able to find any more detail about it. I have tried several other Eq software, but FxSound is the only one that has this type of behavior.