To be direct the answer is disable Samsung FAST START program.
Samsung’s own software overrides Windows 7 POWER OPTIONS settings and greys out several options, including:
FAST START is enabled by default and it claims to ‘enable’ the laptop to enter sleep mode whatever the power settings. In fact it forces sleep mode by hard setting all the power-off options except the standard ones on the Start menu. Disabling FAST START it released the options.
To disable FAST START, follow these simple steps
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http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?modelname=NP900X3A&idx=349620&modelcode=&
explains how to disable Fast Start via the Control Center (Fn+F1)
I don't understand why Samsung doesn't post this. It just doesn't make sense. Is Samsung this pre-occupied with its software that it doesn't care that there are techies out there that need this type of info? Thanks for a great post. Have a great day. I know it's 2015, but I just got this laptop.
fast start worked cheers
Thanks for the tip! ^*@%$%$ Samsung and their 'improvements'...
I have this problem with a Samsung NS310 mini laptop. Here I can't run the "fast start". I can't find it under the Samsung program folders as a executable either. There is a faststart xml file under a folder named "Easy Display Manager" - but no executable files seems to be possible to run to get the "Easy Settings".
The Laptop runs windows starter 7.
Any idea ?
If you cannot find it, I would try to download it from the Samsung support site or third party sites like http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Samsung-Fast-Start-Download-186269.html
I hope this helps.
I've tried for several times pushing Fn + F1 without succes...
I cannot change my power settings in a Serie 9 Samsung Laptop, any idea?
Regards!
Have you DISABLED Samsung Fast Start?
Great suggestion!!!
I've got a Samsung RC530 with the same problem...
...Solved in less than one minute!!! Thank you!
And now the "hibernate" option is finally available!
Thanks!
I also have the Samsung NP900X3A, and I remember that I switched Fast Boot off once... suddenly the computer was on maximum power setting, and no longer allowed to change the energy settings. With Fn+F1 I came into the Samsung settings, and there fast boot was definitively switched off. However, I had to switch it on and off again, to be able to change to sleep mode when closing the lid.
Samsung meddles around with windows and android, but their "improvements" alway turn out to the worse.
What can I do if I don't have windows?
Seems retarded on samsungs part, in order to boot from usb when windows isn't working, I need to go into windows first.
Brilliant
If you are not running Windows I suppose you will be out of luck.
It works. Thank's a lot!