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Hey guys, I have been trying to fix this on my own for over a week can't
get it to stop. I think it's a software problem?
My problem: Computer will randomly turn on when in sleep mode it
usually happens around 1-6am, but has happened during the day time.
My computer is in the bed room so I can here it turn on.
Investigating: I have hurried and checked my computer right once it
turned itself on and didn't see anything running in the background, no
updates, no scanning etc...
Settings Changes: I have turned off auto updates of many things or
switched them to only happen on Saturdays 6-10PM(didn't fix it)
I have gone through every single even scheduler(46) made sure none of
them can wake computer from sleep mode.(didn't fix it)
I have scanned for virus ETC. Kaspersky/ Malwarebytes Pro(didn't fix it)
Checked MB bios and made sure all wake up settings are OFF(didn't fix
it)
Conclusion: This is why I need your help as you can see I have tried
many things but still cant fix it. THE ONE thing I can't stop is the stupid
Skydrive I have even tried creating registry file to stop it. The only other
thing I can think of is a electrical problem in the wall sending it a slight
jolt or something? It is plugged in to a surge protector a Monster
Flatscreen HTS 400, it also cleans the power... It says its grounded and
protection is on...
Thanks for any help/suggestions! As you can tell I feel like I have tried
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everything I know... Also I just woke up and didn't get much sleep so if
something didn't make sense that's why...
It probably wants go from sleep to a state of hibernation to conserve

power. My mates usually just put their laptops to sleep and they start up
in the middle of the night only to stop again. However i dont see sleep
being of much use with the Win8 fast startup, maybe if you really dont
want to close a certain app.
Perhaps there is a ghost in that room who simply wants to play a few
games and troll the interwebz...
This is a long shot: any chance your pc is on your desk and the vibration
slightly moves the mouse? That used to happen to me...
Perhaps there is a ghost in that room who

simply wants to play a few games and troll
the interwebz...
The (early) Ghost of TMM
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I used to get this exact same thing! It seemed that after a few hours it
would just turn back on. I narrowed it down to either my PSU, or my
harddrive. I ended up upgrading them both so I never realized what one
it was, but it's gone now.
I used to get this exact same thing! It

seemed that after a few hours it would just
turn back on. I narrowed it down to either
my PSU, or my harddrive. I ended up
upgrading them both so I never realized
what one it was, but it's gone now.
My PSU is fairly new. Maybe 6 months old.
It probably wants go from sleep to a state

of hibernation to conserve power. My
mates usually just put their laptops to sleep
and they start up in the middle of the night
only to stop again. However i dont see
sleep being of much use with the Win8 fast
startup, maybe if you really dont want to
close a certain app.
I don't turn it off because it takes less than 1.5sec. From sleep, takes
over 35sec from turn on. I put my computer to sleep probably 4-7 times
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a day that way it's not on all the time.
This is a long shot: any chance your pc is on

your desk and the vibration slightly moves
the mouse? That used to happen to me...
No vibration, also my mouse is wireless I always turn it off.
ASUS don't have a option like the AsRock mobo's on the lines of a
Dehumidifier ?, as that will do that.
could just be the power button is faulty try swapping it over with the
reset for a few days but obv leave the reset unplugged, just use its
switch for on/off.
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5/4/2014 2:13 PM
Make sure your nic has its wake on lan features turned off, in the bios
and also in the device manager's advanced properties.
Could be sensible to either incoming network events / incoming pings /
magic packets / regular WOL patterns
Check in device manager if you don't have "Let this device wake the
computer" box checked under LAN or other components - I had them
enabled for some reason a while back, hell that was annoying.
This is a long shot: any chance your pc is on

your desk and the vibration slightly moves
the mouse? That used to happen to me...
The (early) Ghost of TMM
If it the early ghost of TMM then you know he is going to look at porn.
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do you have pets who can knock the mouse or press the keyboard
keys?
as mentioned remember to disabled all wake on from lan etc features.
Sorry for late reply been busy I was gone all day yesterday came home
to my computer on... Nothing can touch the mouse or keyboard. I have
unplugged any USB device that are not needed. Once I get some free
time I will double check wake on lan.
its time for
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Ok just checked in Device manger and it was set to wake on lan.... Now
time will tell if it fixes. Thanks for the help I wonder if a update enabled
that I have been using W8 since it came out.
so has it returned? or did u call a priest.
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5/4/2014 2:13 PM
Hey guys, I have been trying to fix this on

my own for over a week can't get it to stop.
I think it's a software problem?
My problem: Computer will randomly turn
on when in sleep mode it usually happens
around 1-6am, but has happened during
the day time. My computer is in the bed
room so I can here
it turn on.
Click to expand...
Investigating: I have hurried and checked
my computer right once it turned itself on
and didn't see anything running in the
background, no updates, no scanning etc...
Settings Changes: I have turned off auto
updates of many things or switched them
to only happen on Saturdays 6-10PM(didn't
fix it)
I have gone through every single even
scheduler(46) made sure none of them can
wake computer from sleep mode.(didn't fix
it)
I have scanned for virus ETC. Kaspersky/
Malwarebytes Pro(didn't fix it)
Checked MB bios and made sure all wake
up settings are OFF(didn't fix it)
Conclusion: This is why I need your help as
you can see I have tried many things but
still cant fix it. THE ONE thing I can't stop is
the stupid Skydrive I have even tried
creating registry file to stop it. The only
other thing I can think of is a electrical
problem in the wall sending it a slight jolt
or something? It is plugged in to a surge
protector a Monster Flatscreen HTS 400, it
also cleans the power... It says its grounded
and protection is on...
Thanks for any help/suggestions! As you
can tell I feel like I have tried everything I
know... Also I just woke up and didn't get
much sleep so if something didn't make
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sense that's why...
been dealing with this one myself actually, since i went 8.1
in a CMD prompt you can use
powercfg -lastwake
to find out the cause. for me it was windows 'scheduled maintenance'
which can be disabled in the windows "action center"
default time is 2am.
Ok update: Worked great for about 40ish hours but this morning at
around 4am my computer turned on again... Woke me up, so I just held
the power button and turned it off. I really thought I fixed it this time.
Did you uncheck "allow this device to wake the computer"?
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Yes, that is disabled.
I would check the logs and see what's going on during the in question
time frames. Check both windows logs and application log folders in
computer management's event viewer.
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Use the command line to find what causes the PC to wake up

One way to find out what is causing a wake-up problem is provided by
the command line. Open a command prompt with elevated privileges
and enter this command:
powercfg -lastwake
The last device that woke up the system will be shown
To find out which devices are enabled to wake up the PC, enter this
command
powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
From Google...actually this is how I found the NIC kept waking my

computer up
This is what it says... I always turn off my mouse and my keyboard tray
slides in and locks in place, nothing can be bumped or touched...
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I only saw this thread now, otherwise I would

have suggested this sooner.
I had that same problem you are having, my
computer was waking-up from S3 and the
culprit was my X7 mouse.
powercfg -lastwake also listed the HID keyboard
device which was an extension of the mouse.
Besides going in device manager and setting
everything to not being able to wake-up the
computer from S3, I also did this to the power
profiles:
Worked for me.
It's pretty much using a sledgehammer to kill a mosquito, anyway here

goes :
This is a solution for those who

want their computers to never
wake from sleep on their own and
simpler solutions have not worked.
Nothing other than tapping a button
or opening the cover will wake it. Not
the planned tasks which are
scheduled toClick
wake
up your system
to expand...
such as Windows Media Center or the
unknown causes. The only negative
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Ive found is that a laptop will not

wake to hibernate if the battery is
getting too low. It will just go dead
and any unsaved information will be
lost.
1. Open a command-prompt and
type the following lines of
To change it back just end each
string with a 1 instead of the 0. I
forgot to mention that this changes
the default value of the current power
scheme, so an additional step is
needed. Go to Control Panel / Power
Settings, and then change the
settings backClick
to default
values under
to expand...
advanced settings for the current
power scheme after entering any of
these config changes.
If you wonder, the aforementioned
config changes apply to following
registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
\ControlSet001\Control\Power
\PowerSettings\238C9FA8-0AAD41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20
\BD3B718A-0680-4D9D8AB2-E1D2B4AC806D
\User\PowerSchemes\381b4222f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
\238c9fa8-0aad41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20\bd3b718a0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d
\PowerSettings\238C9FA8-0AAD41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20
\BD3B718A-0680-4D9D8AB2-E1D2B4AC806D
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\User\PowerSchemes\381b4222f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
\238c9fa8-0aad41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20\bd3b718a0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d
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