Sleep Mode triggers shutdown on MSI Z890-S Wifi-7 with Windows 11

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I’m experiencing a persistent issue with my MSI Z890-S WIFI-7 motherboard. When I attempt to put the system to sleep (via power menu, button, or timer), the system shuts down instead of entering proper sleep. The power LED blinks as if it’s in sleep mode, but on wake, it performs a full POST and boot and all programs have been shutdown. powercfg /requests shows no blockers, and powercfg /lastwake confirms no wake event — indicating a full shutdown rather than sleep.

Here are my system specs:

Motherboard: MSI Z890-S WIFI-7
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9
RAM: 2×32GB DDR5-5600
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
OS: Windows 11 24H2
BIOS: Latest version installed
Sleep Mode: S3 only (Modern Standby not available)

I’ve disabled Fast Startup, updated all drivers including Chipset driver, and confirmed the issue persists. I’ve also contacted MSI support previously and was told BIOS changes wouldn’t help, but community reports suggest others are having similar issues.
 
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Do you also see the shutdown message? Or does it behave like going into sleep/standby, but then something goes wrong?

What's your PSU model? Never leave that out when listing your components, especially not in such a case regarding potential power issues. Maybe it has some issue providing good standby power. Then you would have event viewer entries of the system not being shut down properly.

But yeah, also not a fan of this board model, two letdowns in a row (Z790-S, Z890-S). Using cheap discrete MOSFETs in the VRM, no Flash BIOS Button, cheap audio chipset... The Z890-S is a bit better than the horrendous Z790-S, but still, too much cost-saving going on here, especially when pairing it with a high-end CPU it's not a good match.
 
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would you open powershell admin (windows key + X, then a) and type powercfg /a
then take a screen shot and post it here?
we are looking to see if S3 is supported on the latest intel motherboards with windows 11
 
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laportein151f02d0 said:
would you open powershell admin (windows key + X, then a) and type powercfg /a
then take a screen shot and post it here?
we are looking to see if S3 is supported on the latest intel motherboards with windows 11
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citay said:
Do you also see the shutdown message? Or does it behave like going into sleep/standby, but then something goes wrong?

What's your PSU model? Never leave that out when listing your components, especially not in such a case regarding potential power issues. Maybe it has some issue providing good standby power. Then you would have event viewer entries of the system not being shut down properly.

But yeah, also not a fan of this board model, two letdowns in a row (Z790-S, Z890-S). Using cheap discrete MOSFETs in the VRM, no Flash BIOS Button, cheap audio chipset... The Z890-S is a bit better than the horrendous Z790-S, but still, too much cost-saving going on here, especially when pairing it with a high-end CPU it's not a good match.
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There is no shutdown message. It behaves like going into sleep, but then the drives spin down all of a sudden and it shuts down completely, however the power button blinks as if it thinks it is in sleep/standby.
PSU is 1000W Be Quiet! 80 Plus Gold, Fully Modular PSU.
I have event IDs:
6008 - "The previous system shutdown at 3:58:00 PM on ‎11/‎1/‎2025 was unexpected."
41 for each sleep attempt "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."
 
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Ok, the PSU is better than i thought. Which model though? For example Pure Power 12 1000W.

If the PSU is good, it might be a BIOS bug after all, especially if other users have a similar problem.
 
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My computer will sleep S3 and wake properly, I'm sorry yours doesn't. powercfg /systempowerreport creates a report that you can view in a web browser. it gives a ton a data that only a diagnostic engineer could understand. Yet, it might reveal what is happening when you activate the sleep S3 state, Windows start button being my preferred method. Also, that 6008 log code, there might be other codes just before that, that may shed some light on this problem. There are many people with AMD boards having sleep problems. In your case, it appears you never entered S3 sleep. Most AMD problems are an inability to wake from sleep properly. I wonder if MSI bios people could benefit from your event logs and systempowerreport?
 
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stgr1812ce02b8 said:
Pure Power 12 M 1000W
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Yeah that's a very good model, i don't expect problems from there.

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I’ve also contacted MSI support previously and was told BIOS changes wouldn’t help,
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When they said this, did they mean BIOS setting changes, or BIOS bugfixes? I can understand if there's no setting to improve this, but if it's a bug, then they have to acknowledge it as such and fix it.
 
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citay said:
Yeah that's a very good model, i don't expect problems from there.



When they said this, did they mean BIOS setting changes, or BIOS bugfixes? I can understand if there's no setting to improve this, but if it's a bug, then they have to acknowledge it as such and fix it.
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Bios settings. The rep was adamant it was a Windows issue and not an MSI issue.
 
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Half the time they have no idea at MSI service. To check if it's a Windows issue, you'd have to do a clean install of Win11 to a spare SSD if possible. Then only install the drivers from the MSI support page for your board, and let Windows Update do its thing. If it has the same issue there, then it won't be a Windows issue, and i don't think it is one, to be honest.
 
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FYI:
The issue can't be duplicated.
It's been tested with followed: Motherboard PRO Z890-S WIFI (MS-7E54) with the latest BIOS E7E54IMSI.1A80
The system can enter sleep mode (S3) and hibernate mode (S4) normally. It does not behave like shutting down (S5).
Tried to enable Wake Up from USB device and disable ErP Ready in BIOS menu, but the issue still cannot be duplicated.
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There is no problem when used powercfg /lastwake to check the wake up status.
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P.S: Try those steps further:
- >>Clear CMOS<<, short JBAT, unplug the power cord and reset CMOS battery.
- Provide detailed system configuration including CPU, DDR, etc. See: >>Posting Guide<<
- Also provide a picture of the sticker on the memory model. (see details in Posting Guide from the link above)
- Check all drivers are updated and there is no error in Device Manager.
- Scan for available Windows Update.
- Re-install Windows operating system using another M.2 / SATA SSD and check if the issue remains.
 
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