User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I put my computer to sleep using standby, however recently it has started waking up every hour on the hour. I looked through some support forums and used the command "powercfg -last wake" to tell me it is the power button. I highly doubt it is the power button waking the computer up every hour... on the hour... and the event log is saying the same thing. So please help me fix this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulrian Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 What devices have you got connected by USB? I know sometimes they can wake a computer from sleep. Try disconnecting them and see if it makes a difference. User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francescob Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Power button likely means something triggered by the BIOS. Could Intel Smart Connect be the cause? Or an external device? User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Well, I only have my mouse and keyboard, but wouldn't it show if that is the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikshaar Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 You can also check that Wake up from LAN is disabled in the BIOS. User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulrian Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Also go into Power Options -> Change Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings -> Turn off 'Allow wake timers' under the Sleep drop-down to rule that out. User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 There are no wake timers set. No intel smart connect software installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted April 28, 2015 Supervisor Share Posted April 28, 2015 Any special tasks in Task Scheduler? User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinetheo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Check task scheduler and open event viewer? Under system it will list what woke it up. Failing power supplies, medIA center updates, peripherals plugged into the usb ports, can all wake up your system User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 But wouldn't the event viewer state what it is and not the power button as it shows in the screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR3W3R Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I had this issue once, ended up being my Intel Networking Card. Installed newest drivers and made sure Wake on lan through the driver for It in device manager was disabled. User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Nothing in Task Scheduler that would explain this. I had this issue once, ended up being my Intel Networking Card. Installed newest drivers and made sure Wake on lan through the driver for It in device manager was disabled. Did it show that it was the power button waking it in event viewer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buendia Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Do you maybe have VirtualBox or Vmware because they install virtual network adapters that can wake up the system. Check for them. User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Okay, sorry I disappeared, I updated my BIOS and disabled wake on LAN for all of my Ethernet ports, along with virtual ports. BR3W3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR3W3R Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Okay, sorry I disappeared, I updated my BIOS and disabled wake on LAN for all of my Ethernet ports, along with virtual ports. Let us know if it fixes it! User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinetheo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Check task scheduler and open event viewer? Under system it will list what woke it up. Failing power supplies, medIA center updates, peripherals plugged into the usb ports, can all wake up your system User_Deleted 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I am sorry that I haven't replied so soon, I left my system sleep for the last hour or so and it didn't wake up, so I'm chalking this one up as a victory until the next time it happens! So thanks for all your help to everyone! Ikshaar 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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