From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kbzlq-0003zG-Bh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:32:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4AD8E037F; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9168DE037F for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.10.50] (dsl081-070-030.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.70.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82D9C67B17 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <48C2A27E.2020506@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:32:14 -0700 From: Mike Doty User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080707) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Wake On LAN Issue References: <5bdc1c8b0808041957i5ae8a069vc38f8de46ef97cc3@mail.gmail.com> <1220521726.3263.12.camel@skitfish> <20080904135941.GA185133@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20080904135941.GA185133@sgi.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4d38d557-4de1-4db3-874f-4204c90b7ddf X-Archives-Hash: 2fa6ff8246566f5e45b9a624742017bc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bob Sanders wrote: | Richard, mused, then expounded: |> However, if I wait a few hours before sending the magic packet, the |> machine does not power back up and the machine can only be powered back |> up by pressing the power button on the machine itself. After testing |> this over and over, I know as a matter of fact that the only thing that |> causes the magic packet to fail to power the machine back up is time; if |> I leave it too long between powering the machine off and sending the |> magic packet. |> |> Has anyone else here experienced this? |> | | Can't say that I have. But what you describe is a failing Standby | voltage circuit. It could be the power supply or it could be the | motherboard. | | If either has significant age on them, then most likely to electrolytic | capacitors associated with the circuit have gone bad. Or it could | simply be bad design and no real testing of the function during | production. | | Bob | - | Modern boards usually have a LED indicating standby power....... - -- ======================================================= Mike Doty kingtaco -at- gentoo.org Gentoo Infrastructure Gentoo/AMD64 Strategic Lead GPG: E1A5 1C9C 93FE F430 C1D6 F2AF 806B A2E4 19F4 AE05 ======================================================= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQECAAYFAkjCongACgkQgGui5Bn0rgUaKAQAuMdnO/utBUj/1jzPIzhV+Ebm XkNLQJXCZrlghV7USFf4ApGtJWrgcGOH8TP2djJ/ty0YFNG1Pv9DubhWCFNVG6Z3 GjHTlLsrhJ0lWrF6EeazvJSa2/DPiiqH96ZSDkjhiRPcv3mtj5OH9VrJ7rgPkTnM GvRDZWxHrdy+9sGS6LQ= =Ji7I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----