Computer Waking Up: "Wake Source:Unknown" PLEASE help!

[Villainthropy]

So I've just built my first computer. I've used Mac all my life. That's just a head's up for if you realize I'm a complete idiot and what I'm asking is the dumbest question ever.

 

Now, I consider myself relatively tech savvy. I've looked up every guide I can find about stopping my computer from waking up on its own.

 

I have disabled EVERY wake timer. NO hardware can wake my computer aside from the power button. And yet, like clockwork, it wakes up every morning at about 6. Today, when I came home from work, my computer was on. However, when I dug into Command Prompt with powercfg -lastwake, I was informed there wasn't a wake up. 

 

The first time I went digging, Command Prompt told me the mouse had woken the computer up. Now, I get told there wasn't a wake up in the first place. However, when I dug into Event Viewer, I can see a list of wake ups.

 

Screenshots provided.

 

EDIT: 

I've gone through the BIOS and every option under the Wake setting is disabled. I'm completely stumped. I'm wondering if this could be connected with a start-up error I've been having, the "Reboot and select a proper boot drive" error? It happens ~50% of the time when I restart the computer or start it up from shut down, but it only takes a few restarts for the computer to ""remember"" that it has a perfectly fine drive

 

Now, my question is simple. Is there a way to dig DEEPER and discover what this unknown wake source is? By every guide I can find, I should have full control over my computer's sleep cycles. I've even checked Task Manager, and as far as I can tell, nothing has the power to wake the computer in order to update itself.

 

 

While this is by no means a DIRE situation, the fact that I can't trust my computer to stay asleep is bugging the hell out of me. Say what you will about Macs... at least mine slept when I told it to.

[helping]

Consult this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940(v=ws.10).aspx

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

powercfg -devicedisablewake <devicename>

Have you check BIOS, btw? Perhaps your PCs time synchronization or windows update?

[SImoHayha]

So I've just built my first computer. I've used Mac all my life. That's just a head's up for if you realize I'm a complete idiot and what I'm asking is the dumbest question ever.

 

Now, I consider myself relatively tech savvy. I've looked up every guide I can find about stopping my computer from waking up on its own.

 

I have disabled EVERY wake timer. NO hardware can wake my computer aside from the power button. And yet, like clockwork, it wakes up every morning at about 6. Today, when I came home from work, my computer was on. However, when I dug into Command Prompt with powercfg -lastwake, I was informed there wasn't a wake up. 

 

The first time I went digging, Command Prompt told me the mouse had woken the computer up. Now, I get told there wasn't a wake up in the first place. However, when I dug into Event Viewer, I can see a list of wake ups.

 

Screenshots provided.

 

Now, my question is simple. Is there a way to dig DEEPER and discover what this unknown wake source is? By every guide I can find, I should have full control over my computer's sleep cycles. I've even checked Task Manager, and as far as I can tell, nothing has the power to wake the computer in order to update itself.

 

While this is by no means a DIRE situation, the fact that I can't trust my computer to stay asleep is bugging the hell out of me. Say what you will about Macs... at least mine slept when I told it to.

it might be your mouse moving.....simply flip your mouse upside down and see if that doesn't cause anything...any tiny vibration will cause the mouse to move causing the computer to wake up

[Villainthropy]

Consult this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940(v=ws.10).aspx

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

powercfg -devicedisablewake <devicename>

Have you check BIOS, btw? Perhaps your PCs time synchronization or windows update?

 

Thanks to Mac's Terminal I'm a bit of an idiot with this stuff. The first one came back as NONE, but I can't get the second one to go through properly. It either says the syntax is improper or invalid parameters.

 

I haven't dug into my BIOS yet. I don't know my BIOS as well as some, since I don't overclock and only used it to set up boot device order. I guess maybe it's time to give it a shot though, huh?

[Villainthropy]

it might be your mouse moving.....simply flip your mouse upside down and see if that doesn't cause anything...any tiny vibration will cause the mouse to move causing the computer to wake up

No, I've disabled any hardware from waking the PC. The first time it was a hardware issue. Now it's not showing up as anything.

[Villainthropy]

Consult this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940(v=ws.10).aspx

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

powercfg -devicedisablewake <devicename>

Have you check BIOS, btw? Perhaps your PCs time synchronization or windows update?

 

Oh, now I've tried the second one and it's telling me it's unable to perform the operation and that I might not have permission, even though I'm running in Administrator mode?

[helping]

Thanks to Mac's Terminal I'm a bit of an idiot with this stuff. The first one came back as NONE, but I can't get the second one to go through properly. It either says the syntax is improper or invalid parameters.

 

I haven't dug into my BIOS yet. I don't know my BIOS as well as some, since I don't overclock and only used it to set up boot device order. I guess maybe it's time to give it a shot though, huh?

If you type it exactly like this on CMD, it should work.

 

If BIOS doesn't have an option with some kind of wake timer enabled, I think that on many BIOS' you can at least disable wake timers.

 

edit: stumped me, no idea why it would do that

Edited January 7, 2015 by helping

[Garuger]

Too much cofee?

[Villainthropy]

Too much cofee?

 

Haha, I wish.

[Villainthropy]

I've gone through the BIOS and every option under the Wake setting is disabled. I'm completely stumped. I'm wondering if this could be connected with a start-up error I've been having, the "Reboot and select a proper boot drive" error? It happens ~50% of the time when I restart the computer or start it up from shut down, but it only takes a few restarts for the computer to ""remember"" that it has a perfectly fine drive