Question System wakes up then immediately goes back to sleep ?

[danytancou]

Yea, so basically that. I don't even know what to check for, tbh. Some details, in case they help...

I have two scheduled backups running every night, separate from each other: (1) full system drive backup (clone) via Macrium Reflect 8 to a local drive and (2) files backup (i.e. documents, music, etc.) and backup of the system image via Bvckup to a NAS box. They've been running flawlessly like this for at least three years. Software and OS are up-to-date.

(1) runs at 2AM, after Macrium wakes the computer up via its own "Wake the computer to run this task" option; Macrium also puts the computer to sleep once the backup is done, via its own "Put the computer to sleep after backup is complete" option.

(2) runs at 4AM, after the computer wakes up from sleep from a Task Scheduler... task that I set up myself; Backup puts the computer to sleep once the backup is done, via its own "Put the computer to sleep after backup is complete" option.

When I hit the spacebar or click my mouse in the morning the computer wakes up, but then immediately goes back to sleep (the monitors don't even have time to wake up and show an image). Then I wait a few seconds, wake it again and it's fine.

Any thoughts at all?


Thanks,

Dany

 

[punkncat]

Perhaps spread the time out between the backup tasks?
Larger files over time are going to take longer. Worth a try.

 

[ubuysa]

Why sleep it at all? I have a similar backup strategy that runs every night, but I just leave the PC running, all I do is turn off the monitor. With the PC at idle I don't think the extra power drain compared to it sleeping is significant.

 

[Ralston18]

Look in Reliability History and Event Viewer.

Either or both tools may be capturing some error code, warning, or informational event that occurs just before or at the time the computer first wakes up and then immediately goes back to sleep.

Look for some pattern that matches the backup process and subsequent events.

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Also check your Task Scheduler task/trigger.

This:

"Backup puts the computer to sleep once the backup is done, via its own "Put the computer to sleep after backup is complete" option. "

Could be that the backup (Bvckup Pro) is not really ended and waiting on some action to occur and then somehow determines the backup is finished and goes to sleep.

Only to be immediately woken again by your actions.