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PC won't stay asleep due to Ethernet

MrPizza0021
By MrPizza0021
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Yesterday I hooked my PC up to my router, via Ethernet cable, and the problem I am having is that when i put my PC to sleep, it will wake back up before my monitor can even turn off. I know this problem is being caused by the Ethernet, because I unplugged it and the PC remained asleep. I have gone into device manager and turned off the "allow this device to wake you PC option off." The computer will remain off if I shut it down, the problem only happens when the Ethernet cable is plugged in and I put the computer to sleep. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Running Windows 10 pro 64bit.

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Disable Wake on LAN in BIOS.

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Check the Wake on LAN option in the BIOS as mentioned above.

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6 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You have to go into your BIOS and disable the Wake on LAN feature.

I am unable to find this in my bios, would it possibly be called something else, I have an older bios. The bios I have is from a 2010 Dell t5400.

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1 minute ago, MrPizza0021 said:

I am unable to find this in my bios, would it possibly be called something else, I have an older bios. The bios I have is from a 2010 Dell t5400.

It might be called something else, but it should be something along those lines.

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1 minute ago, MrPizza0021 said:

I am unable to find this in my bios, would it possibly be called something else, I have an older bios. The bios I have is from a 2010 Dell t5400.

I found "remote wake up" with the options of off, on,  and on with boot to nic. This is set to off, so I assume that means it can not be powered on by the Ethernet cable.

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