Computer won't sleep

HP Pavilion A6009N desktop
3 gigs RAM
AMD +64 dual core processor
Nvidia 9800GT Graphics
Microsoft 1000 wireless keyboard & optical mouse

Problem - Computer refuses to go into sleep mode. When I force sleep by
clicking the power button on the task bar the computer goes to sleep for
about 5 - 20 seconds and then wakes up and stays awake.

The cause; Installation of a gateway router from AT&T to provide TV and
internet service.

AT&T tech support claims no known issues with this router, yet the
computer slept just fine prior to installation of this router, and if I
power down the router the computer sleeps with no problem. This is not a
solution since the router must remain powered up to provide TV service
to my home.

I have searched the internet for a solution, and have performed all the
steps in the tutorial authored by Brink to no avail.

Looking for ideas., anyone?
--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

Do you have wake on Lan disabled in your BIOS?

"Dave T." <> wrote in message
news:ZjWsl.14417$...
> HP Pavilion A6009N desktop
> 3 gigs RAM
> AMD +64 dual core processor
> Nvidia 9800GT Graphics
> Microsoft 1000 wireless keyboard & optical mouse
>
> Problem - Computer refuses to go into sleep mode. When I force sleep by
> clicking the power button on the task bar the computer goes to sleep for
> about 5 - 20 seconds and then wakes up and stays awake.
>
> The cause; Installation of a gateway router from AT&T to provide TV and
> internet service.
>
> AT&T tech support claims no known issues with this router, yet the
> computer slept just fine prior to installation of this router, and if I
> power down the router the computer sleeps with no problem. This is not a
> solution since the router must remain powered up to provide TV service to
> my home.
>
> I have searched the internet for a solution, and have performed all the
> steps in the tutorial authored by Brink to no avail.
>
> Looking for ideas., anyone?
> --
> Dave T.
>
>
> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
> Emporer of Japan

Do you have wake on Lan disabled in your BIOS? Note it may be called
something different like wake on network.

"Dave T." <> wrote in message
news:ZjWsl.14417$...
> HP Pavilion A6009N desktop
> 3 gigs RAM
> AMD +64 dual core processor
> Nvidia 9800GT Graphics
> Microsoft 1000 wireless keyboard & optical mouse
>
> Problem - Computer refuses to go into sleep mode. When I force sleep by
> clicking the power button on the task bar the computer goes to sleep for
> about 5 - 20 seconds and then wakes up and stays awake.
>
> The cause; Installation of a gateway router from AT&T to provide TV and
> internet service.
>
> AT&T tech support claims no known issues with this router, yet the
> computer slept just fine prior to installation of this router, and if I
> power down the router the computer sleeps with no problem. This is not a
> solution since the router must remain powered up to provide TV service to
> my home.
>
> I have searched the internet for a solution, and have performed all the
> steps in the tutorial authored by Brink to no avail.
>
> Looking for ideas., anyone?
> --
> Dave T.
>
>
> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
> Emporer of Japan

Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on devic
manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter that yo
use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the powe
mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake th
computer.

Hope this helps

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Daniel Norman wrote:
> Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on device
> manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter that you
> use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the power
> mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake the
> computer.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
Daniel, this did help, and I thank you. But unfortunately it led to
another problem. When the computer goes to sleep the Ethernet connection
is broken, but when it wakes up it fails to re-establish that
connection. Is there a setting to cause the network adapter to establish
a new connection? A hot restart won't do it, only a cold boot.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

Did you check if your BIOS had the same option since the Windows option you
are using is not working.
I am surprised that windows even with a restart does not work. How about
run/cmd/ ipconfig/ / renew?

"Dave T." <> wrote in message
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> Daniel Norman wrote:
>> Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on device
>> manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter that you
>> use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the power
>> mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake the
>> computer.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
> Daniel, this did help, and I thank you. But unfortunately it led to
> another problem. When the computer goes to sleep the Ethernet connection
> is broken, but when it wakes up it fails to re-establish that connection.
> Is there a setting to cause the network adapter to establish a new
> connection? A hot restart won't do it, only a cold boot.
>
> --
> Dave T.
>
>
> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
> Emporer of Japan

Curious wrote:
> Did you check if your BIOS had the same option since the Windows option
> you are using is not working.
> I am surprised that windows even with a restart does not work. How
> about run/cmd/ ipconfig/ / renew?
>
> "Dave T." <> wrote in message
> news:xgYsl.3129$...
>> Daniel Norman wrote:
>>> Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on device
>>> manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter that you
>>> use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the power
>>> mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake the
>>> computer.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
>> Daniel, this did help, and I thank you. But unfortunately it led to
>> another problem. When the computer goes to sleep the Ethernet
>> connection is broken, but when it wakes up it fails to re-establish
>> that connection. Is there a setting to cause the network adapter to
>> establish a new connection? A hot restart won't do it, only a cold boot.
>>
>> --
>> Dave T.
>>
>>
>> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
>> Emporer of Japan
>


Yeah, I think it may be coming down now to the cable. I have put this
thing to sleep several times and it re-established the connection on its
own a couple of times. This last time it failed to connect and I
unplugged the Ethernet cable and plugged it back in and it immediately
connected. I need to come up with another cable and see if that clears
it up.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

If disconnecting and reconnecting the cable works then maybe using device
manager to disable and enable the connection may also work. I don't think
the problem is the cable itself.

"Dave T." <> wrote in message
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> Curious wrote:
>> Did you check if your BIOS had the same option since the Windows option
>> you are using is not working.
>> I am surprised that windows even with a restart does not work. How about
>> run/cmd/ ipconfig/ / renew?
>>
>> "Dave T." <> wrote in message
>> news:xgYsl.3129$...
>>> Daniel Norman wrote:
>>>> Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on device
>>>> manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter that
>>>> you
>>>> use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the power
>>>> mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake the
>>>> computer.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Daniel, this did help, and I thank you. But unfortunately it led to
>>> another problem. When the computer goes to sleep the Ethernet connection
>>> is broken, but when it wakes up it fails to re-establish that
>>> connection. Is there a setting to cause the network adapter to establish
>>> a new connection? A hot restart won't do it, only a cold boot.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave T.
>>>
>>>
>>> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
>>> Emporer of Japan
>>
>
>
> Yeah, I think it may be coming down now to the cable. I have put this
> thing to sleep several times and it re-established the connection on its
> own a couple of times. This last time it failed to connect and I unplugged
> the Ethernet cable and plugged it back in and it immediately connected. I
> need to come up with another cable and see if that clears it up.
>
> --
> Dave T.
>
>
> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
> Emporer of Japan

Curious wrote:
> If disconnecting and reconnecting the cable works then maybe using
> device manager to disable and enable the connection may also work. I
> don't think the problem is the cable itself.
>
> "Dave T." <> wrote in message
> news:6l_sl.13958$...
>> Curious wrote:
>>> Did you check if your BIOS had the same option since the Windows
>>> option you are using is not working.
>>> I am surprised that windows even with a restart does not work. How
>>> about run/cmd/ ipconfig/ / renew?
>>>
>>> "Dave T." <> wrote in message
>>> news:xgYsl.3129$...
>>>> Daniel Norman wrote:
>>>>> Go to control panel, system and maintenence, system - click on device
>>>>> manager. Go to Network adapters and right click on the adapter
>>>>> that you
>>>>> use to connect to router. Click properties and go to the power
>>>>> mangement tab. CLear the box that says allow device to wake the
>>>>> computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Daniel, this did help, and I thank you. But unfortunately it led to
>>>> another problem. When the computer goes to sleep the Ethernet
>>>> connection is broken, but when it wakes up it fails to re-establish
>>>> that connection. Is there a setting to cause the network adapter to
>>>> establish a new connection? A hot restart won't do it, only a cold
>>>> boot.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
>>>> Emporer of Japan
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I think it may be coming down now to the cable. I have put this
>> thing to sleep several times and it re-established the connection on
>> its own a couple of times. This last time it failed to connect and I
>> unplugged the Ethernet cable and plugged it back in and it immediately
>> connected. I need to come up with another cable and see if that clears
>> it up.
>>
>> --
>> Dave T.
>>
>>
>> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
>> Emporer of Japan
>


Curious, I tried your suggestion and no joy. I disabled and enabled 3
times, and nuttin'. Unplugging and re-connecting does it. I can do the
deed in the back of the gateway router or at the net adapter and it will
re-establish the connection. BTW, I tried another cable and it made no
difference.

--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

What does it say or what is the router set to in the routers setup concerning Idle

--
Peter

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"Dave T." <> wrote in message
news:ZjWsl.14417$...
> HP Pavilion A6009N desktop
> 3 gigs RAM
> AMD +64 dual core processor
> Nvidia 9800GT Graphics
> Microsoft 1000 wireless keyboard & optical mouse
>
> Problem - Computer refuses to go into sleep mode. When I force sleep by clicking
> the power button on the task bar the computer goes to sleep for about 5 - 20
> seconds and then wakes up and stays awake.
>
> The cause; Installation of a gateway router from AT&T to provide TV and internet
> service.
>
> AT&T tech support claims no known issues with this router, yet the computer slept
> just fine prior to installation of this router, and if I power down the router the
> computer sleeps with no problem. This is not a solution since the router must
> remain powered up to provide TV service to my home.
>
> I have searched the internet for a solution, and have performed all the steps in
> the tutorial authored by Brink to no avail.
>
> Looking for ideas., anyone?
> --
> Dave T.
>
>
> You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito, Emporer of
> Japan