WoL (1 Viewer)

[joz]

Hi all,

I have been trying to get WOL working on my newish HTPC but no luck so far though.
The mobo has a realtek 8111C netwerk card in it, I have set the wake up events for both PCI-e and PCI (the NIC is connected on PCI-e so the first one should cut it). Also configured the driver settings in windows to allow wakeup and disabled such things like green ethernet (dunno if I have to though) but still no luck.

I noticed that the LEDs on the LAN port turn off when it goes to standby eventhough I told Windows XP not to turn it off.
Anyone can provide me with some help? I've searched the internet back & forth only to find people with similair problems but no solutions...

I'm thinking it's either the driver (although I already tried a couple) or the NIC chip, maybe the mobo itself, not sure.
Thinking about buying a new mainboard anyways because I think the one I have is a piece of cr*p. It has other issues with startup too (takes a long time, something with the AHCI driver I think), which it does not when booting to save mode.

Well enough of my ranting, any of you guys some insides for me?

p.s.

According to realtek;

To support WOL from a deep power down state (e.g., D3cold, i.e. main power is off and only auxiliary exists), the auxiliary power source must be able to provide the needed power for the RTL8111C-GR.

Well sure, that's kinda obvious. Realtek says it should be supporting wol (as there are options in the drivers as well)

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 beta1
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 (x86)
CPU Type: AMD E5050 @ stock
HDD: Samsung F2 1,5TB + Samsung F1 1TB
Memory: OCZ Titanium XTC 4GB DDR2-800 CL4 kit | 4-4-5-15 | 1,8v
Motherboard: MSI KA780G
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate 512MB
Video Card Driver: 9.8
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi ExtremeMusic
Sound Card AC3: no AC3
Sound Card Driver: latest non-beta
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR 2200
1. TV Card Type: Analog
1. TV Card Driver: 7.1.2
MPEG2 Video Codec: ffdshow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec: MPC-HD
Satelite/CableTV Provider: UPC
HTPC Case: Thermaltake DH101 Black
Cooling: 2x Papst 612FL 60mm (outtake), 1x Scythe Kaze Jyu Slim 100mm 1000rpm (CPU), 1x 120mm fan (intake)
Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream 400W
Remote: Harmony One + MS IR receiver
TV: Sharp Aquos
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[johanj]

Have you checked the motherboard manual, maybe you need to set some jumpers to allow for wake-up?

 

[joz]

Yeah I did, it does not mention that. There are some jumpers which I'm not 100% on what they do though.

-------EDIT-------

Well I did not expect this. As mentioned I tried a couple of drivers, being desperate I finally tried the antiquated driver that came on CD and bam it works...
funny That driver's like a year old according to internet