This is assuming separate hardware/chips, but you might have an APU chip (or similar) where the graphics and CPU chips are on the same die, thus one part to swap for upgrades, though usually the laptop maker makes those so once they're in they stay there. Do check on what the maximum temp is that your cpu and graphics card can handle. Also check your BIOS as to what thermal throttling it wants to do (this keeps your system from frying). This will help determine if Fallout 4 is just too much for the laptop to handle (due to overheating and overtaxing those parts). Now that that's done, get something like Core Temp that can monitor and log your cpu and graphics card temps. That USB piece is how you'll wake up the computer, though you should have a sleep/wake button that you can set actions to, along with the power button and closing the lid. Do not turn off the hard disk (set that to never), set any sleep or suspend to never (you can type that in, in some cases), set the monitor to turn off after the amount you want, and make sure the system will keep an eye on USB and not shut that off. Go through all of the tree, check all settings. You'll need to go into your power plan and check through the advanced options.
If suspend is on that's another Windows issue. Hybernate is another one, but that usually works.ģ. Some systems can handle it others can't.Ģ. This is a Windows issue that has persisted for years. That said there are things you can check on.ġ. I'll say this simply: Fallout 4 is not laptop friendly.