NIC remains on after shutdown

Hi,

I have 2 computers that experience this "problem" of the NIC not shutting off even though I've shut down the computer. The light on the back of the NIC remains on and the connection light on my router indicates there is still a signal coming from both machines. I have a 3rd machine that does not do this. It simply shuts everything off (including the NIC) when I shut down the computer. What's going on here? and how do I rectify this issue? Thanks!

Tareon

Hi jihiggs,

Thanks, but I don't think that's the case. It doesn't always stay on however (on both comps), and I recently changed my second rig's network card. But, say that is the case, would you happen to know how I can disable the feature of staying on after shutdown? Thanks!

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Rig 1:
AMD Athlon 2500+ (Barton)
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
NIC 1: Marvell Yukon Gigabit 10/100/1000
NIC 2: NVIDIA nForce MCP Controller 10/100
Windows XP Pro (SP1)

Rig 2:
AMD Athlon 1.33 (T-Bird)
EPoX 8HKA+
NIC: AOpen-325 10/100
Windows XP Home (SP1)

@jihiggs,

"no, it is your problem. its not a problem"

Don't be such an a-s, please, it's not polite. If you're not 100% sure about something, don't sound so overconfident and insulting on a matter you don't fully understand. It is "my" problem (hence me asking for help), and it most definately is "a" problem!

I realize that NICs do remain on after shutdown (IF you have Wake-on-LAN activity ENABLED or something similar). This is not the case with my situation. I have all related options disabled and "sometimes" the NICs actually turn off with the shutdown. As to why this occurs is the problem I'm trying to figure out.

Yeah, I agree. It's intermittent.. and it doesn't really pose an annoyance to me, so it's not that bad just weird.

Thanks for your help jihiggs.

@phsstpok

You're absolutely correct about the +5 VSB being available for any hardware that uses it off the mobo (even when the system is shutdown). I'd like to not have to physically switch my power supply on/off too lol.. and with WoL being disabled too (both through software/hardware/BIOS) I don't know what else to try.

The LED turns off if I unplug the RJ45 cable.. *shrugs* which means as long as there's a connection, the NIC will stay on and only turn off when a connection is lost. *sigh* lol

the nic is still on, it just doesnt have a connection.

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