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Dan Lackey

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Dan Lackey

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May 24th, 2007 16:00

GX280 Goes to sleep and shuts down Network Adapter

I have a Dell GX280 running WXP/Pro that needs to be always "on" becuase it is a web server. The PC is going into sleep mode and the connection to the PC from the internet is lost unless I manually wake it. I have disabled all Power Management and placed into "Always On" with all options set to "never". I have gone into the Device Manager for the network adapter and turned off the disable function for the adapter as well.
 
What else can I do?
Thanks
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    desertwurm

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    Posted May 29th, 2007 13:00

    Dan,
        
            I would try checking out your BIOS options, as there are a bunch of power settings you can set. I think its F2 on the initial boot screen to get into the BIOS.
     
    -Mike
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    rimcgui

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    Posted May 30th, 2007 13:00

    The NIC has a tab for power managment.  At the top are two boxes, remove the check mark and the NIC will not go to sleep and drop the connection.  This applies to the broadmore gbit card on the GX520. rem
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    PM-Performance

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    Posted May 30th, 2007 14:00

    Mine did that when I had XP installed. Since i put Server 2003 it didnt do that.
    Think Xp has some power settings or Nic settings or something. I couldnt find it when I looked for it though.
    Drove me nuts too because it would disable my firewire too and wouldnt always wake back up
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    Dan Lackey

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    Posted June 1st, 2007 10:00

    The changes to the BIOS seem to be working. It's been up for a couple of days now. Thanks for your help.

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