MBA won't wake from sleep

[Cap'n]

Trying to find out why my 2012 11" MBA on 10.13.6 won't wake(*). This is a fresh install of High Sierra, I have done the SMC and PRAM reset thing, 'Wake for WiFi Access' is unticked... (*At first I thought it wasn’t going to sleep, but the log at 12:22:05 seems to show it is sleeping - although the sleep key-combo doesn’t work… Also, maybe ‘Drivers failure’ at 12:47:39 is a clue to not waking?) On start up I have to hold the power button for about 3.5 seconds for the chime. Release the button too early (within say, a second or so of hearing the chime) and it just shuts back down. Then there is a second boot chime (it double-boots).

I bought this as "sluggish starting up" without an SSD. Originally I had to delete a kext to fix the awfully laggy behaviour. I tried installing Mojave and then El Cap but neither worked. The laggy behaviour returned a couple of times as the kext was recreated due to OS updates. I kept removing it and that kept fixing the problem - until I randomly decided to put it back and the laggy behaviour didn't return... Go figure. Oh - and the not-waking thing pre-dates the kext removal (and I've also renewed).

EtreCheck says:
Major Issues: SIP disabled (*not any more). Apple security disabled.
Minor Issues: No TM backup. High battery count. Vintage hardware. 32-bit Apps.

System Report -> Logs -> Power Management logs ->

 

[MBAir2010]

does the MacBook air work well while using El Capitan?
high sierra was very buggy on my MacBook air 2010 but never suffered the power problems your is facing.
i would reset the MacBook air to factory setting and use i think mountain lion and see if that works,
if not the ssd drive could be at fault.
this july i replaced/upgraded to a larger ssd drive which sped up the MacBook air and allowed for more space, which is s nice thing.
i hoped this helped.

 

[Cap'n]

does the MacBook air work well while using El Capitan?
high sierra was very buggy on my MacBook air 2010 but never suffered the power problems your is facing.
i would reset the MacBook air to factory setting and use i think mountain lion and see if that works,
if not the ssd drive could be at fault.
this july i replaced/upgraded to a larger ssd drive which sped up the MacBook air and allowed for more space, which is s nice thing.
i hoped this helped.

I couldn't get either El Cap or Mojave installed. Only HS seemed to install properly. This is a fresh install on a new SSD. Apart from the 'won't wake up' problem, it's smooth as butter.

 

[MBAir2010]

The new ssd drive probably won't recognize those OSXs.
i purchased one that would work with Mojave which luckily does.
anyways
how do you wake up the MacBook air then?
i keep my on all the time because putting that to sleep might shut down the MacBook air- since the power button broke back in 2015.
high sierra is okay and syncs well with your  products, hopefully you have pages, numbers etc installed.