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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: jpe30 on June 06, 2010, 08:15:34 pm
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I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, I have all the proper drivers installed.
My problem is every time I put the computer to sleep it will wake up on its own after a couple of hours, for no reason. I have no wake timer set in windows, I turned off the ability for all devices to wake the computer. I turned off all of the wake setting in the BIOS, the only thing I have enabled in the BIOS Power Saving Utilities is HPET. I suspect this may be a BIOS issue, but haven't been able to find any information about it. This was only an issue after I upgraded my BIOS to the F5 version.
Any suggestions?
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I would have to agrre with you, it sounds like a glitchy BIOS routine. If everthing is disabled in the wake settings then there is no reason why it should start up. Is there any reason why you cant revert to the BIOS before?
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The old BIOS had issues with setting up the Core i5. I can always try setting it up on an old BIOS again, but I was hoping the BIOS manufacturer would have fixed this by now. :-\
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The old BIOS had issues with setting up the Core i5. I can always try setting it up on an old BIOS again, but I was hoping the BIOS manufacturer would have fixed this by now. :-\
Have you reported this fault to Gigabyte Technical Support or runnn3R the Forum Moderator?
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I haven't done that yet. I'll shoot a message over to runnn3r now.
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I would also make a formal question at Guigabyte Technical Service too. You can find them here:
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/support-downloads.aspx
The only thing is they are not exactly quick, it will probably take about 4 or 5 days.
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OK, I just filled that out as well. Hopefully someone can identify the problem. :)
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Best to always hedge your bets when possible. Now at least you have three irons in the fire.
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Final BIOS released for all boards.
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Hi jpe30
Thanks for your PM.
Such wake up can be caused by:
- some add-on PCI / PCI-Ex device plugged into the MB (if you have any just remove it, except the VGA of course :D)
- spikes, interferences coming from your power line through the PSU (use power filter or change the PSU into other brand)
Try to disconnect LAN cable to make sure there are no signals coming through this interface.
Please also try with F7 bios:
http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=BIOS&FileID=16196
Then load default settings!
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Try to disconnect LAN cable to make sure there are no signals coming through this interface.
Surely as long as "wake on LAN" wasn't enabled in the BIOS having the cable in wouldn't make any difference?
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Try to disconnect LAN cable to make sure there are no signals coming through this interface.
Surely as long as "wake on LAN" wasn't enabled in the BIOS having the cable in wouldn't make any difference?
Who knows? ;) I saw strange things in my life, including some printer working incorrectly because of some exact model of keyboard connected to the PC....
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As Monty Python once said.... "Always expect the unexpected!"
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Yes I suppose that's true. Not everything works as it's meant to, that's for certain or we wouldn't be here on the forum helping sort out all the problems.
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So it seems that I solved my problem, although I'm not sure which update caused the problem to disappear.
The first thing I did was update to the new F7 BIOS, loaded optimized defaults, then set all the wake-on-LAN settings off. I also downloaded the built-in motherboard LAN drivers directly from Realtek's site. I noticed the drivers from gigabyte were dated in Device Manager as over a year old. After installing the new drivers from Realtek, I set all the wake-on-LAN settings to disabled in the driver. Both the BIOS and driver settings were the same as before, so clearly an update did the trick.
Looks like everything is working well. I had the PC in sleep mode for over 2 hours yesterday, which I was not able to do before.
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Ok, I take it back. Left the computer asleep for about 5 hours. When I got back it was on. Looks like I'm back to square 1.
I should add, I left the PC asleep with no ethernet cord attached once. When it woke on its own, it restarted and didn't wake properly. I don't have any extra PCI or PCIE devices installed except for a video card. I'm officially stumped!
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I know it is a bit far fetched but is there anything nearby which could cause your computer to vibrate/move even slightly? I am thinking trains or the like, son's bedroom( believe me i know).
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Nope, nothing that would consistently wake up the PC every time I put it to sleep.
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There's only one other thing that would fit the circumstances and theat is a dodgy PSU. Can you arrange to borrow one for a day or two? Make sure that it is good quality though.