Greetings. I've clean installed windows 8.1 pro vl x64 in my laptop (Windows Media Center is not installed of course). and activated successfully with KMSmicro 5.0.1. Windows is fully updated. I have this problem: it wakes unexpectedly from sleep at either 04:00 or 05:00 at night. I check in the Event Viewer and the first entries after the wake are always, eg.: Code: Event: Kernel-General Description: The system time has changed to 2013-11-24T03:19:07.500000000Z from 2013-11-24T00:19:12.031510800Z. Change Reason: System time synchronized with the hardware clock. Code: Event: BTHUSB Description: Windows cannot store Bluetooth authentication codes (link keys) on the local adapter. Bluetooth keyboards might not work in the system BIOS during startup. and Code: Event: Power-Troubleshooter The system has returned from a low power state. Sleep Time: 2013-11-24T00:19:02.334201600Z Wake Time: 2013-11-24T03:19:09.179443500Z Wake Source: Unknown The following is what I've tried so far based on these two links: Spoiler superuser.com/questions/494235/how-can-i-prevent-my-computer-from-waking-up-accidentally support.microsoft.com/kb/2799178 1a. Go to Device Manager Select each keyboard and mouse device and right-click Properties Go to the Power Management tab and untick "Allow this device to wake the computer". 1b. Doublechecked the above for my onboard ethernet network card 2. Checked in Task Scheduler and no active task is set to allow to "wake the computer to run this task" having such launch time. 3. Checked in Automatic Maintanance and "Allow scheduled maintenance to wake up my computer at the scheduled time" is disabled. 4. Ran cmd as admin, and: Code: C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /lastwake Wake History Count - 1 Wake History [0] Wake Source Count - 0 C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /waketimers There are no active wake timers in the system. C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /devicequery wake_armed NONE C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /waketimers There are no active wake timers in the system. NONE 5. checked in Power Options>change plan settings>change advanced power settings and the "Allow wake timers" is disabled for both On Battery and Plugged in. 6. There's no relevant setting in the BIOS. Can't think of anything else to check. Please help.
It stays awake. Also, I have the setting: Power Options>change plan settings>change advanced power settings>Sleep>Allow hybrid sleep>Plugged in enabled, but even if disabled, the problem still occurs. Something more: previously, when I had windows 8 x64, activated via KMS+WMC free key I didn't have this problem.
I finally found it: it's not a bug, it's a feature... The laptop would always wake in order to go from sleep to hibernate, after exactly 3 hours(180 mins) of sleep, but if the laptop at wake would not remain idle (eg. because utorrent was running) then it would stay awake.... More info: The wake was happening exactly 3 hours after the sleep(=by closing the laptop lid). As "wake reason" in the event viewer it was most of the times "Unknown" (as in my first post) or "S4 Doze to Hibernate" as eg. today. But, the last 3 entries in Event Viewer when I closed the lid were always these: (see the "sleep state transition (S4)" at the 2nd entry? ) Code: Event: Kernel-Power Description: The system is entering sleep. Sleep Reason: Button or Lid Event: Kernel-Power Description: The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep state transition (S4). This can result in reduced resume performance. Event: Kernel-General Description: The system time has changed to 2013-11-28T02:49:57.500000000Z from 2013-11-27T23:49:59.822266800Z. Change Reason: System time synchronized with the hardware clock. So, I quote from windowsforum.com/threads/s4-doze-to-hibernation.27722/#post-156208 With bold is the solution: I hope my post will help others having the same issue
Yeah you helped me... thanks. Mine has been waking up from sleep so it can hibernate, but all the "run at startup" kicks in before it can reach hibernate. Then it stays on. Mine has been doing this constantly. I flip my laptop shut whenever I leave the room for a while. It sleeps immediately when doing that, and usually I come back quickly. Other times I don't. It tries to hibernate if I don't return soon, but when it powers itself up, it doesn't go back off. It's a major issue because this runs the battery completely dead every time. I set hibernate to 0 for all options, so now it says Hibernate: Never. Sleep uses a little bit of power, and hibernate is supposedly better for laptops than hybrid sleep. Whatever. My tablet and phone don't do anything but sleep, so my laptop will be fine doing that.