NIC keeps turning on computer

[spurs007]

Hope someone can help me, this is the problem I have.I installed a Linksys LNE100TX VERSION 5.1.When I turn off my computer power stays on to the NIC, and it then turns my computer back on again. I have looked in my BIOS settings and wake on LAN is disabled, have also looked in the cards power management settings and tried unticking let the computer turn off card. I have looked on the site for help and not found any guides to the settings for the card which at the moment are on the defaults which are:

Flow Control: Enabled

Link Wakeup (Off->On) Enabled

Link Wakeup (On->Off) Disabled

Magic Packet: Enabled

Media: Auto

Pattern Match Wakeup: Enabled

PME Enable: Enabled

Priority Packet: Disabled

VLAN ID: Not present

My system specs are:

Athlon 1400

Windows XP Pro SP1

512 Mb ddr ram

GA 7DX Motherboard

The card is only connected to a cable modem and this is the only computer in use. I do hope you can offer some advice as I do not want to have to continually turn the computer off at the mains.

Thank you for your help.

[jtdoom]

Hi, and welcome

what revision is this motherboard?
I wanted to look at the manual, and think I should look at the correct model.
http://tw.giga-byte.com/support/msocketa.htm#7dx

[jtdoom]

hi again

dunno about that card you use, but...
if that WOL cable is not connected, I doubt this could even happen.
so, I have to ask wether you installed the connector from NIC to WOL header on mobo. (you could disconnect it if it is connected)

wake on modem ring is disabled as well?
wake on mouse?
wake on keyboard?

[spurs007]

Just ran Belarc advisor and it came back with this as my motherboard:Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., LTD 7DX 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 09/19/2001. I have been into the Bios and all wake up on Lan etc. is disabled.As for the cable from the NIC, there isn't one on this model, and Linksys site doesnt even list it! There last one was 5.0, so I dont know whats up there.Thanks for your help, I'm a bit of a newb at computers, but i;ll get stuck in if I have to get back to you on the mobo number if thats no good.

[jtdoom]

what if we are barking up the wrong tree?

By default, XP executes an automatic restart in the event of a system failure. Therefore, more or less anything compromising the operating system during the shutdown process could force this reboot.

Disabling the “restart on system failure” feature may permit the exact cause to be isolated: Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, click the Advanced tab. Under “Startup & Recovery,” click Settings. Under “System Failure,” uncheck the box in front of “Automatically restart.”

let's see what happens after you done that

[jtdoom]

by the way, just to make double sure...
when you unplug the cat5 cable, the card could not get a remote signal to initiate a wake up.