Not staying asleep when LG 38WK95C USB-C is plugged in [SOLVED]

Info on my hack here.

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Ran into an issue where my hackintosh wouldn't stay asleep. Once entering sleep, after a few seconds it would wake back up. The screen wouldn't wake up, but the fan and drives would spin back up.

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The Asus Maximus XI Hero WiFi has 1 USB-C port. The LG 38WK95C has a USB-C port which is used to supply the 2 USB-A ports on the back of the monitor.

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Turns out, the cause of the issue was a setting on the monitor - Deep Sleep Mode. When this setting was turned on, my machine would not stay asleep. Turning this option off put my system to sleep properly.

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From the LG manual:

When Deep sleep mode is enabled, power consumption is minimized while the monitor is in standby mode. On Enables Deep sleep Mode. Off Disables Deep sleep Mode. Note: USB HUB functions will not work in standby mode while Deep sleep Mode is enabled in standby mode.

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Putting this here in case someone else with similar hardware runs into this issue.

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