Wake itself up?

I've checked settings of Energy Saver in System Perferrence; I haven't set a schdule for a wake up, I haven't checked "wake for ethernet network administrator access" (because I'm using a large shared network in a university hall). I've got EyeTV and I haven't checked the "wake computer up if necessary" option for remote schduling. So, there's no way my iMac wakes itself up. It's very annoying because it tends to wake up in the middle of the night. Can someone help me?
P.S. I usually keep Safari, Mail (and very rarely Skype) turned up in the dock when going to sleep (the mac, not me!). Does that cause the problem?

My iMac does the same thing.. Nearly every night around 11:45. What's even more odd is that I travel with the iMac, from west coast to east coast.. Even though I change the time zone when I'm back east, it happens around 2:45..
It's very annoying and wakes me up when it happens.. It seems to go through rest periods though, maybe for a couple weeks without waking, then goes through a heavy period waking every night.
I checked the other forum referenced above my post. My computer doesn't 'start up' by itself, but always wakes itself from sleep mode. I have tried it with bluetooth turned on and off. I don't have any ical alerts and no schedules set. I don't have EyeTV. No alarm software.

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Neal Fox wrote:
Do you think that's why the fan would start up when it's supposed to be asleep?
It is the simplest explanation but there could be other causes.
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Shut off the alarm(s)
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and
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