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GA-M68MT-S2P(rev. 3.1) (FB) WOL Issues

GA-M68MT-S2P(rev. 3.1) (FB) WOL Issues
« on: May 10, 2012, 11:10:08 pm »
I have an issue with the WAKE ON LAN feature of the device - Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

WOL is configured within the BIOS and also within the OS. It will wake from sleep with either the mouse or keyboard but not from the LAN.

If I load LINUX onto the system and use the utility 'ETHTOOL' then it reports that WOL is 'disabled', if I then use the utility to enable it and then re-boot into Windows then it will work in Windows correctly until the system is re-booted (From WIndows).

If I then check again using Linux & ETHTOOL, it shows as 'disabled'.

It would appear as if the Windows drivers are not correctly configuring the NIC? I have tried the drivers that came with the MB.

I have also downloaded the latest version as available from the Gigabyte website, I have also tried the latest driver version from the nVidia chipset site, I have also tried the current 'Microsoft' drivers for this. They all exhibit the same problem i.e. on a windows reboot they 'disable' wake on LAN and none of the available settings will re-enable it - Booting the system into linux and using 'ETHTOOL' indicates that the feature has been disabled again on the NIC card - updating with 'ETHTOOL' will allow it to work until Windows is restarted.

Has anyone else seen any similar problems?

Andy.