How to Fix Random wakeups
This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.
Prerequisites
- Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
- Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.
Fix Steps
- Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
- Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
- Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.
Verification
- Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.
Original Question:
My Hackintosh is waking up semi-randomly, at ~2 hour intervals, on its own, before going back to sleep after a minute or two. Although the monitor is off all the time. I checked the log and saw a bunch of entries like this one:
``` ~$ log show --last 1d --style syslog | fgrep "Wake reason"
2021-03-08 19:12:11.733635-0800 localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm) ```
In energy saver settings, "Wake for network access" and "power nap" are both disabled. In sharing settings, everything is ticked off. Any other suspects you can think of? Thanks.
Specs: * Big Sur 11.2.2 * GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 4 GB graphics * CPU: Quad-Core i7-6700k (Skylake) * Motherboard: GA Z170MX-Gaming 5
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