Problem with P4P800S Constantly Wakes Up!

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I have a computer with an ASUS P4P800S mobo. I want to be able to wake
this PC up with a "Magic Packet" over our LAN. So I have set the
"Power on by PCI devices" BIOS setting to "Enable".

Before I got a chance to test the magic packet, the PC booted up!

SO I shut it down! And instead of a Shut Down, it restarted! I
continually shut it down for 15 minutes, and the longest it stayed
"off" was 30 seconds.

When I disabled the setting, it will stay off now.

Just in case, I downloaded and installed the 1007.005 Beta BIOS. Same
problem.

My network card is a gigabit Linksys NIC (PCI). The on-board LAN is
disabled, and the only other PCI card installed is a US Robitics
Modem.

"Power on by external Modem" is "Disabled".

OS is WinXP SP2, fully patched.

Anyone got any ideas what the heck is going on??

All comments and suggestions welcomed.

Thanks
 
NewMan said:
I have a computer with an ASUS P4P800S mobo. I want to be able to wake
this PC up with a "Magic Packet" over our LAN. So I have set the
"Power on by PCI devices" BIOS setting to "Enable".

Before I got a chance to test the magic packet, the PC booted up!

SO I shut it down! And instead of a Shut Down, it restarted! I
continually shut it down for 15 minutes, and the longest it stayed
"off" was 30 seconds.

When I disabled the setting, it will stay off now.

Just in case, I downloaded and installed the 1007.005 Beta BIOS. Same
problem.

My network card is a gigabit Linksys NIC (PCI). The on-board LAN is
disabled, and the only other PCI card installed is a US Robitics
Modem.

"Power on by external Modem" is "Disabled".

OS is WinXP SP2, fully patched.

Anyone got any ideas what the heck is going on??

All comments and suggestions welcomed.

Thanks
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Check the Device Manager, and see what options are available
for the Ethernet chip on the LAN card. It may have an option
to select Magic Packet, as opposed to just triggering on a
link change. A good Ethernet chip should be able to filter
events, before asserting PME to the motherboard to wake it
up.

Paul
 
Check the Device Manager, and see what options are available
for the Ethernet chip on the LAN card. It may have an option
to select Magic Packet, as opposed to just triggering on a
link change. A good Ethernet chip should be able to filter
events, before asserting PME to the motherboard to wake it
up.

Paul
Click to expand...

The NIC was set to "Magic Packet and Pattern Match".

I switched to "Magic Packet" only and everything works the way it
should.

Thanks!
 
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