I can't gather why this is: it happens without touching any power buttons on the PC or monitor. Oddly enough, waking the computer using my keyboard generates exactly the same series of events (2) and (3), with "Exit Reason" = "Power Button". It doesn't seem to matter which USB port I have the keyboard plugged into. More @Wikipedia
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