Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller keeps waking PC and re-arming itself when disabled

[smileyhead]

I seem to be dealing with a strange problem. On my desktop PC, I'm using Windows 10 and it keeps waking up at around midnight and 6 am, because of the device ‘Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller,’ also waking me up in the process. I have revoked its wake privileges twice now, but it keeps regaining them somehow. Any idea as to how I could solve this?

 

[console]

‘Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller,’ is Ethernet where internet adapter is on your motherboard.

My computer do same wake up sometimes and I disabled it in device manger for wake up. It's work flawless to remove very annoy for no reasons to wake up computer.

Go to: Start --> Control Panel --> Device Manager and look for Realtek PCIe GbE, Ethernet, Wifi, etc from Network adapters list

Search for checked box then click to remove checked in box.

Unchecked box - Allow this device to wake the computer


My screenshot about my Atheros Ethernet - box is unchecked means no more bother to wake up computer anymore.

Then done.

 

[smileyhead]

‘Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller,’ is Ethernet where internet adapter is on your motherboard.

My computer do same wake up sometimes and I disabled it in device manger for wake up. It's work flawless to remove very annoy for no reasons to wake up computer.

Go to: Start --> Control Panel --> Device Manager and look for Realtek PCIe GbE, Ethernet, Wifi, etc from Network adapters list

Search for checked box then click to remove checked in box.

Unchecked box - Allow this device to wake the computer


My screenshot about my Atheros Ethernet - box is unchecked means no more bother to wake up computer anymore.

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Then done.

I have revoked its wake privileges twice now, but it keeps regaining them somehow.

 

[Tomato123]

I seem to be dealing with a strange problem. On my desktop PC, I'm using Windows 10 and it keeps waking up at around midnight and 6 am, because of the device ‘Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller,’ also waking me up in the process. I have revoked its wake privileges twice now, but it keeps regaining them somehow. Any idea as to how I could solve this?

Not sure why it would keep re-enabling itself, but wouldn't it waking up the PC suggest that something is sending it a wake-on-lan message? Might be a good idea to check your BIOs to see if you have the option to turn that off.

 

[g00s3y]

disable it in device manager.

intel > realtek

 

[JaapDaniels]

Probably re-enabled by driver updates, some intel mainboards reset the settings with each update, and w10 tends to auto-update these drivers.

 

[dicamarques]

have you checked in the bios, if you have pci wake enabled?
Try disabling that

 

[smileyhead]

disable it in device manager.

You're the second person to not read the OP. Nice work.

Not sure why it would keep re-enabling itself, but wouldn't it waking up the PC suggest that something is sending it a wake-on-lan message? Might be a good idea to check your BIOs to see if you have the option to turn that off.

have you checked in the bios, if you have pci wake enabled?
Try disabling that

Thanks, I'll check my BIOS in a bit.

Probably re-enabled by driver updates, some intel mainboards reset the settings with each update, and w10 tends to auto-update these drivers.

Well, that sounds annoying.

 

[smileyhead]

The plot thickens:
It turns out wake-on-LAN was disabled in the BIOS all along. I am very confused.

 

[dicamarques]

The plot thickens:
It turns out wake-on-LAN was disabled in the BIOS all along. I am very confused.

Okay, which motherboard do you have?

 

[g00s3y]

You're the second person to not read the OP. Nice work.



Thanks, I'll check my BIOS in a bit.


Well, that sounds annoying.

You clearly don't understand what I said. Disable the actual device, not the "wake on lan", or power settings. Right click on device, then disable.

Or, be a dick, and keep having the issue, doesn't matter to me.

 

[smileyhead]

You clearly don't understand what I said. Disable the actual device, not the "wake on lan", or power settings. Right click on device, then disable.

Or, be a dick, and keep having the issue, doesn't matter to me.

Okay, wait, let me get this straight: are you suggesting me to outright disable my Ethernet port?

 

[smileyhead]

Okay, which motherboard do you have?

Sorry for the late reply! I have an ASRock H310M-HDV.

 

[dicamarques]

Sorry for the late reply! I have an ASRock H310M-HDV.

https://download.asrock.com/Manual/H310M-HDV.pdf
On the page 53 - ACPI Configuration, it's explained how to disable your "wake up" devices
Also, maybe try seeing if your bios is updated.

 

[smileyhead]

UPDATE: Wake-on-LAN has re-enabled itself in Device Manager again, and this time, it's greyed out!

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

Re-Arming? Sound you pc its converting in Skynet IA Robot,Run for your life

 

[smileyhead]

Re-Arming? Sound you pc its converting in Skynet IA Robot,Run for your life

Yeah, that's what Windows calls it:

 

[dicamarques]

UPDATE: Wake-on-LAN has re-enabled itself in Device Manager again, and this time, it's greyed out!

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enable the first check, and disable the second one