BITS is waking my laptop in the middle of the night

nate42nd

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BITS is waking my laptop in the middle of the night and my laptop is remaining awake! I don't want to disable it, I have read it's not a good idea. Anyone have a similar problem. My power settings are right, even IF this wakes it.....it should be going to sleep in 15 min, but according to event viewer it's not.
 

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    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
You are correct. It is the maintenance settings. It's set to wake the PC at 6 PM. Not 3:40 AM.

That helps a lot though. I will try some different settings. I also can't seem to figure out why the PC would not simply go back to sleep. Thanks a lot for your help Brink! Windows 8 isn't much different from 7 but every PC has it's mood.
 

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    Windows 8.1
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    PC/Desktop
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    AMD 1099T Six core
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" Samsung
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    2 X Western Digital 1 TB
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    Corsair 500W
    Case
    Cooler Master Elite 341
    Internet Speed
    12 Mb
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    MS MSE - Defender in 8
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    I have built 40-50 systems. I have 3 desktops and just got a new laptop.
You're most welcome Nate.

Normally, it should go back to sleep when Automatic Maintenance has finished running (could take around a few hours or so), and after the idle time you have set in your power plan before going to sleep or hibernate.

Power_Options.jpg
 

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    PC/Desktop
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    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
You might check your Windows Update Log in the Windows directory. It should have entries concerning the Background Transfers and perhaps indicate some type of problem.

Look for the WindowsUpdate.log file in the Windows directory and copy it to the desktop and open with Notepad. There should be entries about waking the computer, and BITS actions, and some other things. If you want to attach the last few days of the log entries, we may see something.
 

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    i7 3770K
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    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
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    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
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    Kingston SSD 240 GB
I changed the time for maintenance to a time an hour before I normally turn on my computer, but how can I have this done while I am using it? I have never had this problem with Windows 7 before. Is this new to Windows 8?

For anyone else having this problem, Windows 8 has been changed. It has a checkbox to let BITS wake the computer. I missed it at first but it's there.

MaintSnip.PNG
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom builds
    CPU
    AMD 1099T Six core
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" Samsung
    Hard Drives
    2 X Western Digital 1 TB
    PSU
    Corsair 500W
    Case
    Cooler Master Elite 341
    Internet Speed
    12 Mb
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    MS MSE - Defender in 8
    Other Info
    I have built 40-50 systems. I have 3 desktops and just got a new laptop.
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