Re: APM, ACPI, and Wake on LAN - the bane of my existance

[Alex Deucher]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > anything.  So I removed the three pin cross connect that connects the
> > card to the WOL header on the motherboard.  That fixed it for a few
> > days, but now it's doing it again, even without the cable installed.
> > the only fix is to unplug the ethernet cable when I turn it off.
> 
> So turn it off by unplugging AC cord. If it comes up *without* AC plugged
> in.... Welll... Call GhostBusters.
>                                                                 Pavel

True, but I'd like to have work without having to unplug the power
everyday :)

> PS: I is possible that machine comes up after powerfail. This might be
> your proble. Without 3pin cable installed, it really should not come up
> itself.

Actually apparently it is possible with PCI 2.2 compliant cards and
motherboards.  The 3 pin wire is for backwards compatiblity with old
cards.

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Thanks for you input,

Alex