Solved Windows 8 wakes up from 6AM-9AM. Every 15 minutes.

Zodd

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I've been having this issue for about the last week were my PC will wake up at seemingly random times. It started with Windows maintenance at 4 AM, I fixed that issue. Now my PC is deciding to wake up 3 hours before it's scheduled wake up time at 6 AM and then shut down and wake up again. I just can't for the life of me get to the bottom of this issue no matter how hard I look.

Here are some screenshots to show you what I've changed and already.

Windows 8 screenshots - Imgur
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4770K OC to 4.3GHZ
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares Series 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB -
    WD Caviar Blue 1TB
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM
I've been having this issue for about the last week were my PC will wake up at seemingly random times. It started with Windows maintenance at 4 AM, I fixed that issue. Now my PC is deciding to wake up 3 hours before it's scheduled wake up time at 6 AM and then shut down and wake up again. I just can't for the life of me get to the bottom of this issue no matter how hard I look.

Here are some screenshots to show you what I've changed and already.

Windows 8 screenshots - Imgur

Only other thing I can think of which may/may not be involved is Screen Saver. Check your settings there.

Rich
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Thanks that could be the issue. I change them around and we'll see if it works.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4770K OC to 4.3GHZ
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares Series 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB -
    WD Caviar Blue 1TB
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
The File sharing may of been waking up my PC. Turned that to let my PC sleep and hopefully that fixes that!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4770K OC to 4.3GHZ
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares Series 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB -
    WD Caviar Blue 1TB
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM
None of these solved the issue sadly. It does appear to happen less frequently though.

Edit:
As in every half hour it seems to be turning on then sleeping again.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4770K OC to 4.3GHZ
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares Series 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB -
    WD Caviar Blue 1TB
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM
It was intel smart connect that was waking my PC up in the mornings. Thank you all for trying to help me out, I appreciate it!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4770K OC to 4.3GHZ
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150
    Memory
    G.Skill Ares Series 16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB -
    WD Caviar Blue 1TB
    PSU
    Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM
Your welcome, now your computer can sleep and so can You ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
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