G31M3 V2 OnBoard LAN - WOL works Intermittantly

I've set up G31M3 V2 mainboard using on board LAN (Realtek RTL8139/810X) to wake on lan via internet/cable router from the power off mode.
When I shut down the target (remote) computer I can restart within a few minutes using a 'magic packet' (so I assume all router port forwarding and LAN settings are correct). But, if I leave that target computer switched off for half hour or more I can no longer start it using the 'magic packet'.
I'm guessing that charged capacitors are allowing the restart after short power off time but are discharging and preventing activation via LAN after a period of time.
This would mean that power is not being supplied to LAN when computer is shut down. Is there a setting in BIOS that I'm failing to see that ensures power remains applied to LAN board when computer is shut down (but still plugged into power) Could it be my actual Power Supply?
I have wake on PCI-E & wake on PCI (PME#) enabled in bios.
Any thoughts?

Last year I lost interest in this problem after getting nowhere. Now I'm keen again to try to get WOL working on my computer.
I've re-read this thread and everything I wrote initially is still the case and the problem.
The last reply I had was from 'Cronnin' suggesting checking bios setting.
As I stated in my original question/problem I have enabled 'wake on PCI-E', 'wake on PCI (PME#)' in bios and tried with one or the other enabled and with both enabled.
1: The computer starts from 'shut down' S1 mode via a 'magic packet' if I send the 'magic packet' within a few minutes of shutting down, therefore I assume all addresses, port-forwarding, wol bios settings etc are correct
BUT
2: Sending exactly the same 'magic packet' after the computer has been shut down for 1/2 hour or more will not turn it on.
The thing that I still think points to the problem is the fact that the green led on the onboard LAN NIC goes off when the computer is shut down (S1 mode). It also goes off when 'S3' mode is selected in bios.
Incidently, in both those shut down modes the 'num lock' led on the keyboard is still on so I gather the PSU is still supplying 5V to the mainboard.
I'm leaning to the idea that the problem is a fault with the motherboard or on-board NIC. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks in anticipation.
Agathosthenes

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This topic has been moved to Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=149866.0

Last year I lost interest in this problem after getting nowhere. Now I'm keen again to try to get WOL working on my computer.
I've re-read this thread and everything I wrote initially is still the case and the problem.
The last reply I had was from 'Cronnin' suggesting checking bios setting.
As I stated in my original question/problem I have enabled 'wake on PCI-E', 'wake on PCI (PME#)' in bios and tried with one or the other enabled and with both enabled.
1: The computer starts from 'shut down' S1 mode via a 'magic packet' if I send the 'magic packet' within a few minutes of shutting down, therefore I assume all addresses, port-forwarding, wol bios settings etc are correct
BUT
2: Sending exactly the same 'magic packet' after the computer has been shut down for 1/2 hour or more will not turn it on.
The thing that I still think points to the problem is the fact that the green led on the onboard LAN NIC goes off when the computer is shut down (S1 mode). It also goes off when 'S3' mode is selected in bios.
Incidently, in both those shut down modes the 'num lock' led on the keyboard is still on so I gather the PSU is still supplying 5V to the mainboard.
I'm leaning to the idea that the problem is a fault with the motherboard or on-board NIC. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks in anticipation.
Agathosthenes

MSI 785GM-E51 - onboard LAN not working

Hello,
I've problem with MSI 785GM-E51 board. Suddenly, when I booted system (Ubuntu) I've noticed that there is no network and even network device (lcpci showed no network devices). Is it possible that the onboard LAN got damaged? I tried to check BIOS and renabled oboard LAN/remove PCI devices/unplug power for a few hours etc but nothing helped. Any suggestions?

LAN card has worked earlier?
PSU is starting to fail? If things work after several re-boots that may very well be the reason.

Strange on - Wake on LAN (WOL) works with Win2K3, but not Windows 7

Hi,
I have a PC that I originally had Windows 2003 on. With Win2K3, I can send a wakeonlan (magic) packet (WOL) and get it to power on remotely from my home network/LAN.
I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, in a dual-boot configuration, i.e., so I can boot the machine to either Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit or Win2K3.
As mentioned, I can power the machine up remotely (from my home network/LAN), but if I've LAST booted into Win7, then shutdown, it doesn't respond to the WOL packet.
I've confirmed that if I boot into Win2K3, then shutdown, the WOL works fine.
I have another PC that has both Win2K3 and Windows 7 (also dual boot), and that works fine with WOL.
One difference between the one that doesn't work vs. the one that works is that the one that works is a machine that I just built a couple of weeks ago, which uses an MSI 880gm-E43 motherboard.
The one that doesn't work also has an MSI motherboard, but it's an older one, an MSI K9NBPM2-FID.
I've cross-checked the various Windows power management settings between the one that works, and the one that doesn't work, but I just can't get WOL to work with Win7 on that older machine. I've even turned the Windows Firewall off completely on the machine where WOL isn't working, but no matter what I've tried thus far, no joy :(...
The only thing that I can think of is that the network card driver (it's the MS one, from the Win7 distribution) might not work with WOL, but I've checked, and it's the latest driver from MS (Nvidia Nforce Networking Controller - 10/17/2008 - 1.0.1.211), and MSI doesn't have a specific Win7 64-bit driver for this motherboard.
So, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas about this?
Is there some registry setting or something that might allow WOL to work?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Hi,
Unbelievable!
Just for the record, I got WOL working with the older machine, JUST after I posted the original msg.
Here's what I did:
- I was in Device Manager, and did Update Driver, but
- I selected to let me choose, and then I checked the "Show Compatible devices" checkbox
Then, a 2nd, older (10/6/2006 - 6.2.0.127) driver appeared, so I figured, "what the heck?" and tried that. I then shut the machine down, and sent a WOL packet to it, and kind of forgot about it (machines in a different room), but a few minutes later "bing!", the machine had powered up and booted into Win7!!
Anyway, as I said, for the record, and hope that this helps someone in the future.
Jim

G31TM-P21 Onboard LAN Wont Work!!!!

I have read. I have searched. I have spent almost a day on this. It has to be easier than this. I had a wireless card. I had to move computer. It doesn't receieve the wireless signal that well anymore. I say "I'll run a cable and use the on board LAN". I bought a new cable. Before I started I checked it (worked properly). Then I disconnected and uninstalled the wireless card. Downloaded the drivers for the mobo LAN (I have no idea where my disk is?).
I have it to the point where the computer is recognizing the PCI-E family controller as the Network adapter but it says the cable is unplugged (it is not and has been triple checked). It also wants to install a PCI device and SMS controller (I can't get these to install at all - it rejects all drivers I throw at it). I have the drivers from MSI. It didn't take them.
Windows XP SP2
G31TM-P21 mobo
in Set up I have on board LAN enabled and LAN ROM enabled
PCI-e graphics card (I don't remember which one and I'm too frustrated to go look)
Am I missing something simple?? I usually can solve all my computer problems after this amount of time. I'm severely frustrated (this typing did help though). If I need to post more info let me know.
I need to go take a walk.

I'll check the cable again. But I still can't get past this phantom PCI device it is finding. So when I switched to onboard LAN it found 1.) PCI-e Family 2.) SMS Controller and 3.) PCI device. I have gotten the drivers to taken for items 1 and 2 (I found the install disk) but for the life of me I can't get the third thing (the phantom PCI) to install. It is not giving me any clues what i need either.
I'll try again tonight but any help wouldbe appreciated.
I did this on one of other computers last year and all I had to do was change it in the BIOS. No install. No drivers needed. Why is this so complicated.

H55m-E23 onboard lan doesnt work

i have an h55m-e23 mother board and the on board LAN stop working after 12 hrs. id looked in the bios to make sure that it was enabled and it was. i also tried to reinstall the drivers for it but it said that the device can not be found. is there anything else i could try.
my computer specs are as followed:
atx power up mid tower case
Intel i3-540 (3.6ghz)
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When you said the LAN stopped working, does the LEDs on the LAN port still blinks?
Is the Ethernet LAN Connection still detected in Network connections? How about Device Manager, is the LAN chip being detected?

Problem with onboard LAN

Hi,
I have the following problem: After playing around with overclocking and having to reset the CMOS a couple of times, my onboard LAN stops working even if I don't overclock anything. No ping, and the traffic LED is always on. And most interesting, when I shutdown my computer the traffic LED stays on. Is this a BIOS bug or what? Anyone experiencing the same problem?

Well as you know Overclocking Can sometimes Fry something, or Everything on the Board, This is why it is Dangerous....But Before we go there, I assume that you Have Tried Disabling and then Re-Enabling the LAN in the BIOS, And in the "Device-Manager"?......And do you have in the Device Manager (Under-Network Connections) the LAN Listed? And if Click on it, does it say "Device Enabled, and Working Properly"?....If yes, then You are going to have to try to Clear The NVRAM in the BIOS by Enabling this option, and this will Reset the PNP/PCI String, and Hopefully that will be it.....If not, Go into the Device-Manager, and Uninstall the Driver, then Reinstall it......Try that, and let us know, And if you already did all of these things, then You May have Bigger Issues................Sean REILLY875

Upgraded BIOS - now wakeup on lan (WOL) no longer working!!

Hi,
As I've been trying to get my machine working with 8GB of memory:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=134888.0
I upgraded the BIOS from 5.5 to 5.8.
Now, I'm finding that wakeup-on-lan (WOL) that USE to work, no longer works :(!!!
I checked the onboard NIC MAC address in Windows using ipconfig, and that hasn't changed, and I also checked the BIOS settings, and those all seem to be ok.
I also did a BIOS set defaults, but still WOL doesn't work.
Does anyone know what the problem might be?
Is WOL just broken in the K9NBPM2-FID 5.8 BIOS?
Can I re-flash the BIOS to 5.5?
Thanks,
Jim

Svet,
Thanks for the answer.
FYI, I don't quite understand, but I was just able to get this working.
The machine that I was running the WOL app from has VMware Workstation installed, and I disabled the two VMnet "adapters" under Device Manager. After that, I was able to do WOL ok.
The reason I said that I don't quite understand is that I'm pretty sure that VMware Workstation has been installed on this same machine for quite awhile, so I don't understand why I had to disable to VMware adapters to get the WOL to work this time.
In any event, I'm glad that I can get it working ...
Jim

[VIA] How to make WOL work on KT6 Delta FSR?

Hi.
i've got MSI KT6 Delta-LSR motherboard (with ethernet network card on board), but i cannot make WOL (WakeOnLan) work. I don't know if the reason could be in misconfigured BIOS or the network card itself doesn't support WOL.
i have WinXP Pro and i have set "Wake Up Capabalities" to "Magic Frame" on network card in Device Manager, but WOL still doesn't work.
how and what to set up to make WOL work?

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 06-June-05, 07:43:08
"The network's card..." Do you have an external card? If so move it to another PCI slot. I haven't the manual in front of me, but isn't there a place where to attach a cable from the NIC to the mobo? On my old ASUS I know there is one.
You must also in BIOS, under Boot/Boot sequence, have LAN as one of the options. I don't know if it should be before hard disk, maybe first, or after.
What is the name and amperes of your PSU?
Edit: You don't think it is much info., but that was what I was thinking about when I said so. You should also find something about it - I'm not sure - in where the mobo layout and all its connections is described.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-101
"The network's card..." - I mentioned it is onboard NIC (not extra PCI card)
Man, I don't what's your point. My initial question was, that WOL doesn't work (everything else is fine). I really don't think that it could be in PSU since PC has to be shut down to "use" WOL. (I bought case with PSU inside, so I don't know the "name", but it is ATX 2.03 copliant)
You mentioned ASUS? Fine, but we're talking about MSI in MSI forum.
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K9A2 CF Wake On Lan / WOL issue

Hi everyone,
Need a bit of help here
I've been finding it impossible to get Wake on Lan working on my PC. I cannot manage to get the lights on the back of the LAN port to stay on after sleep or shutdown. I've tried all different settings in BIOS:
- enabled hpet
- enabled acpi function
- set acpi state = s3
- enabled resume by pci (pme)
- enabled resume by pci-e
- in Vista device mgr I have enabled "Shutdown Wake-On-Lan"
- and "Allow this device to wake the computer" - although I didn't think that should go along with "allow the PC to turn off this device to save power".
I have also upgraded bios (1.8) and LAN driver (Realtek 8111B v6.216).
I'm not sure if the issue could be related to the PSU?
I'm completely out of ideas - can anyone help?
Has anyone got WOL working using the onboard LAN for this board K9A2 CF?
If you need any more info then let me know
Thanks for your help,
Colly

What happens is that CMOS forgets all manual settings you have done previously. Starts a-fresh. You set date, time, out-speed for the processor and boot order. Some other adjustment too, but what I don't know.
Did you use LiveUpdate for the procedure? LiveUpdate is easily disturbed because it runs in a busy Windows environment. That may be another reason for the problem you have. You may have to re-update. Please ust the forum USB-tool next time. It does its job in a quiet environment.

KT4V-L Onboard lan issue

I just bought this board (two weeks ago) to replace a dead ECS k7s5a and was generally pretty happy with it. But about an hour or so ago the power went out for maybe 10 seconds and when it came back on my onboard lan no longer worked. I've tried everything I can think of I've reinstalled the lan drivers, even did a repair install of Xp to see if that would sort things out but no dice. I've run virus checkers, looked for spywares and generally disabled things that might conflict with it but still no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and how do I get in contact with MSI tech support? I looked all over the site but I couldnt find anything.
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512 mb ddr-2100 (2@256 mb sticks, non matched)
Albatron GF4 ti-4600
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Everything is set at stock speed no overclocking, and no generally system instablities. The only thing not working is the lan.
-[Paragon]

Can you describe more about "power went out" ? The PC shutdown itself or your house has power-surge?
My suggestion:
1. clear CMOS, go into the BIOS and set everything back. In case you need more help about this, reply here.
2. Check your LAN port, unplug/replug the RJ45 cable, you should see some blinking or lit on the LED. You need to enable WOL feature in the BIOS first to check that. If no, it doesn't mean it's faulty yet.
3. power up your system, did that LAN port LED lit? If yes, it should be still in working condition.

Can't get wake on lan to work on Hp n40l microserver

Hello
I installed arch on my HP proliant microserver and I can not get Wake on lan to work. I tested my device with ethtool and it supports and is enabled for WOL with g value set for both.
But whenever I power it off by systemctl poweroff I can no longer see it as a connected device to my router
Before installing arch I tried ubuntu for testing the hardware quickly and I got wake on lan working there. I can not figure out what might be the issue here. Wake on lan is enabled in the BIOS.
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers

As I see in the Archwiki , the wol package would also need the IP address ( though not necessary ) along with the mac address of the server.
I fear that the nic on the server does not obtain an ip in shutdown state, since I can't see it in my attached devices in the router settings( I could be very wrong ! )
Tried using wol on a laptop running arch, but with no luck.
I have seen this workaround in several places
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/981461
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Cheers
Last edited by ayushjsh (2013-04-03 07:00:28)

890GXM-G65 - Onboard LAN

I have this board for like one month now. I connect to broadband using the onboard LAN. I have noticed that the LAN dies frequently. I have to go the Network page, Disable the lan, enable it again and it starts working fine. Any ideas ?
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Driver provider : Realtek
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I connect to broadband using the onboard LAN.
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KT6Delta onboard lan controller freezes machine!

KT6Delta onboard lan controller freezes machine after a recently purchase of new ram.
TwinMOS PC3200 TwiSTER DDR 512MB CL2
Chip = WLCSP, (DDR-PC400MHz)
Why i believe the ram purchase is the issue, you say?
Well you see this ram model is not on the supported list on the motherboard information page to msi. allthough the 256mb model is.
so i had to manually configure the DRAM timing so that my computer would run at fsb 166 and ram at 400mhz.
But lets get back on track. Everytime i copy over the network (large files that use top network speed) the machine either freezes or i might get away with a complete network connetcion loss. so i have tried to copy at different speeds and foudn out that 2 mbyte a sec is possible without the computer hanging.
i contacted http://www.broadcom.com support base and they did not know of any simmilar issues regarding the broadcom 57x integrated network hardware. But they did say that my ram might be the issue because the network card sends its DMA packets there.
and i quote:
"Response from Broadcom: I am afraid this is not a known issue to me. But if you are saying with the different RAM this problem was not seen, this point directly to the RAM you use on this system and the compatibility issue. The RAM could for sure cause this type of the problem since the network adapter DMAs packets into and from the system memory (RAM)."
So can anyone help me? i really want to be able to use my network hardware normally and not being forced to sell my current ram chip and buy a new one.
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What are your temps? Freezing often happens when CPU usage makes it too hot. I believe there is a way to check CPU usage in XP...
CPU temp is around 45-52 depending on what im doing.
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I have a hard time convincing myself that the symtom - the LAN - is the cause.
What do you mean? its the ram chip thats the cause for the network freeze (or at least that's where it all is pointing at).
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What is your video card? ...Tell us your system while you are at it!
Here's a quick list i made on the fly.
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Amd xp thoroughbred 2500+
512mb ddr ram twinmos twiser series
KT6 DELTA FISR2 or something
2*160 gb maxtor sata disks + 2*80 gb maxtor ide disks
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Wind PC barebones onboard lan problem

This is my fourth barebones I've built. The onboard lan does not appear to be working. There are no lights at the cable connection and windows says a cable is unplugged. I installed the drivers off the msi disk and device manager reports the adapter as enabled. Any ideas. i am currently using a wireless adapter but am concerned there maybe a mobo problem. Appreciate any help. Thanks

If the port does not light up when you connect a good known working cable, and device manager says the network controller is installed and working, then your network port may be broken, in which case there is not much you can do but RMA the unit for replacement.

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