MAC OS X constantly awake

Jo Parnis

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Purchased machine in Dec. 07. All well till Nov. 08. Since then have noticed that it will go into standby then wake up. This happens regularly, sometimes after 1 hour, or 2 hours or a few minutes. Have tried to put it in 'sleep' mode but wakes up just the same. All day and all night. So tried "shut down' and it does it as well. Like a ghost is working it. Have been in constant touch with APPLE CARE, and they made me get another user (test) and it did not seem to wake up in that user. Went back to my user and problem started again. Spoke with 2 product specialists and one said that it cannot be EYETV, as he had it on his Mac and it was fine. Second specialist said it is EYETV and I should contact Elgato. I did this and was sent a link to 'repair'. Followed the instructions and that did not help. 4 days later, my computer suddenly remained in stand by all day. I was surprised and relieved. Than it started all over again. I am at my wits end. I can only make it stay shut down if I go to 'shut down' and wait for the screen to go black then turn it off at the power point. I am sure that I should not be doing this, but what else can I do? I will contact APPLE CARE again, but will wait for your reply first.
Also, I get a little message saying...Time Machine Error. Unable to complete backup. An error occured while copying files to backup volume.
 
When the Mac wakes up, what do you see for that time in Console? (the application is in /Applications/Utilities)
Look at Console logs / system logs within it just after the Mac wakes up.

Does the problem happen when you have no peripherals attached? Keep only mouse and keyboard connected, so NO other usb devices, no USB hubs, no printers etc, and turn even bluetooth off. And 'wake for administrative access' off too.
 
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