Hey, after getting a NIC card and cable modem, when I shutdown my computer, everything is cool.....but about 10 minutes later, the power kicks back on, and Windows starts up!! Only way to stop this is to shut off the computer from the power strip! Running Windows ME, installed a Linksys NIC card and a Motorola SB 4100 Cable modem. Any suggestions??
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Computer Powers Itself On!!
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glossy
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- Jul 11, 2001
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To find the problem.Try disconnecting the Modem from the Phone Line.Some Modems power on the system on when the phone line rings .Also You may be able to set up time intervals to check your mail regularly on its own and then shut down aagin.
Also read the Modem Litearture that came with it.get Back to Me if my advice helps.
Send me some more data on the problem
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Also read the Modem Litearture that came with it.get Back to Me if my advice helps.
Send me some more data on the problem
Glossy@nda.vsnl.net.in
Some BIOS's support "Wake on LAN" and quite possibly is your culprit. I would also check any software settings in Windows that was installed with your Linksys card.
One quick test is to simply unplug the LAN cable from the NIC after shutting down the PC and see if turns back on. If it does, then it's got to be a ACPI problem (power management).
~cdogg
One quick test is to simply unplug the LAN cable from the NIC after shutting down the PC and see if turns back on. If it does, then it's got to be a ACPI problem (power management).
~cdogg
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Okay, thanks for the responses. I figured out what the deal was. For anybody who might have a similiar problem, this is what I did:
First, I went to Linksys' web site, and downloaded updated drivers for the LNE100TX 10/100 LAN Card.
Second, I had to change some settings:
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Network
Configuration>SELECTED Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Properties>Advanced
APM Mode Wakeup:Disabled
Link Wakeup (Off->On):Disabled
Link Wakeup (On->Off):Disabled
Magic Packet Wakeup:Disabled
Media Type:AutoSense
Some of these were set to Enabled by default, I just switched them all to Disabled, and now my machine doesn't wake up on it's own.
One more thing of note: This NIC card came with a cable to connect to the motherboard to utilize the WOL (Wake-On-LAN) features. There IS a connector on my motherboard to support this, but I did not hook it up. Yet, it still utilizes WOL features. I thought that was kind of interesting/odd.
Thanks again for the input!
First, I went to Linksys' web site, and downloaded updated drivers for the LNE100TX 10/100 LAN Card.
Second, I had to change some settings:
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Network
Configuration>SELECTED Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Properties>Advanced
APM Mode Wakeup:Disabled
Link Wakeup (Off->On):Disabled
Link Wakeup (On->Off):Disabled
Magic Packet Wakeup:Disabled
Media Type:AutoSense
Some of these were set to Enabled by default, I just switched them all to Disabled, and now my machine doesn't wake up on it's own.
One more thing of note: This NIC card came with a cable to connect to the motherboard to utilize the WOL (Wake-On-LAN) features. There IS a connector on my motherboard to support this, but I did not hook it up. Yet, it still utilizes WOL features. I thought that was kind of interesting/odd.
Thanks again for the input!
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