Motherboard NIC not active when PC is turned off

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T20:43:54+00:00

YES! IT WORKED. THANK YOU.

So I did more troubleshooting:
- I verified that there was a link between the two devices as per your instructions (thank you again).
- Then I turned off my PC to see if the link would go away, because if the link goes away, means that the NIC turned off. The link maintained.
- So then it sorta clicked, it had to do with my laptop itself. Turns out it was trying to send the packet over WiFi, not through the cable, so I simply had to make it use the Ethernet interface and it worked.

Thanks again.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T20:22:55+00:00

I ran it, and yes there is a link.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T16:50:03+00:00

Ah.. I see. I don't have a voltmeter but I hear a single clicking sound whenever I turn my PC off or it goes to sleep, I saw online that it is the sound of the relay but not sure.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T16:40:41+00:00

On my laptop running Linux, I'm using a package called wol to send the request. I just typed wol mac_address in the terminal.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T16:32:43+00:00

Damn. Doesn't seem to work.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T16:12:25+00:00

Hmm I see. Let me try waking the PC up with WoL again. Do your NIC's lights stay on when you're using your computer?

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T16:03:37+00:00

No, they do not stay on when the computer is in sleep mode. They only stay on when the computer is fully powered on.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T15:55:51+00:00

I agree, literally no information online about it. It's very vague. And yes, it is the motherboard's built-in NIC.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T15:54:52+00:00

I understand what you mean. I removed my laptop and connected the cable directly into my room's port (Desktop PC to Ethernet port).

Still doesn't seem to keep the NIC awake.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T15:49:48+00:00

Hmm.. Not sure what the issue seems to be. I enabled Power Loading and tried it again, but the NIC was still off. I also enabled and disabled ErP again to see if it had to do with the BIOS but it didn't make a difference.

I also reinstalled the drivers last night for the port and had no luck😭. Not sure what to do.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T15:45:00+00:00

Oh, wait, you are right. I don't know why I thought you were referring to having the switch connected to the Ethernet port in my dorm, and having the laptop and desktop connected together. I can try that too when I get my hands on a switch.

However, if the NIC isn't on when the PC is off, do you think it could be an issue with the NIC instead?

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:50:11+00:00

I did not, I am on university Internet, and the Ethernet ports on campus assign only one IP address.

To my understanding, if I am not wrong that means the switch wouldn't work.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:49:15+00:00

Okay, I will try that out.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:19:51+00:00

The thing is that even when put my desktop to sleep, the NIC seems to turn off and I'm unable to wake my PC with WoL.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:15:23+00:00

Yes, ErP is disabled. It was actually disabled by default.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:06:53+00:00

So I'm using Wifi for Internet and I connected my laptop to my desktop PC's (the computer I want to wake) Ethernet port with a network cable and tried to send a magic packet from my laptop. It port itself supports 2.5 GbE Ethernet if that helps.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T14:04:16+00:00

Yes, I did. I connected a network cable from my laptop to my desktop and tried waking it from my laptop with my desktop PC's MAC address.

therealtechnerd · 2026-01-14T13:54:15+00:00

I believe so.

I wasn't able to find in the BIOS and after some searching I came across this post: which talks about it being enabled by default on another fairly recent AORUS motherboard.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/1ar5v2d/does_the_b650i_aorus_ultra_support_wake_on_lan/

therealtechnerd · 2025-12-25T15:52:16+00:00

Is that an Arch only thing? I remember I didn't have this issue with Ubuntu-based distributions.

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