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How to Use System Tools to Determine What Is Causing the Intel® NUC System to Wake

Content Type: Troubleshooting | Article ID: 000089783 | Last Reviewed: 02/07/2024

Find the most recent wake event and any scheduled wake events
1. Click the Start button and type Command Prompt. Right-click the Command Prompt listing and select Run as administrator.
2. Type powercfg -lastwake and press enter.
3. Type powercfg -waketimers and press enter.
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Check the Windows event log for wake events. Do this right before letting the system sleep (see screenshot below for location of the options mentioned in the instructions)
1. Click Start
2. Type Event Viewer
3. When it loads, click Clear Log in the right pane.
4. Select Clear Log again when prompted.
5. After the system has woken from sleep unexpectedly, go back to the Event Viewer
6. Click Windows Logs on the left-most folder structure.
7. Select System.
8. Look through the events for Power – Troubleshooter items and look at the details. This should tell you what woke the system up.

This article applies to 40 products.

Intel® NUC Board DE3815TYBE Intel® NUC Kit with 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® NUC Kit with 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® NUC Kit with Intel® Atom® Processors Legacy Intel® NUC Kits Intel® NUC Mini PC with Intel® Pentium® Processors

Intel® NUC Board NUC5i3MYBE Intel® NUC Board NUC5i5MYBE Intel® NUC Board D33217CK Intel® NUC Board D33217GK Intel® NUC Board D34010WYB Intel® NUC Board D53427RKE Intel® NUC Board D54250WYB Intel® NUC Board DCP847SKE Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3MYHE Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYHS Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYHSN Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i3RYK Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i5MYHE Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i5RYH Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i5RYHS Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i5RYK Intel® NUC Kit NUC5i7RYH Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i3SYH Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i3SYK Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i5SYH Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i5SYK Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i7KYK Intel® NUC Kit DE3815TYKHE Intel® NUC Kit D34010WYK Intel® NUC Kit D34010WYKH Intel® NUC Kit D54250WYK Intel® NUC Kit D54250WYKH Intel® NUC Kit DC3217BY Intel® NUC Kit DC3217IYE Intel® NUC Kit DC53427HYE Intel® NUC Kit DCCP847DYE Intel® NUC Kit DN2820FYKH Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PGYH

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