MSI Z87-GD65 - enabling Wake On LAN?

My question is how do I make the E2200 network port active in the S5 system power state on the MSI Z87-GD65 motherboard (BIOS 1.7)?

I require Wake on LAN (magic packet) for my computer but after shutdown the network port is inactive hence the WOL packet can not wake the computer. I have checked and activated the following items:

On the motherboard
- EuP 2013 = disabled
- Resume by PCI-E device = enabled

In Windows 8.1 E2200 network port settings
- Wake on Magic Packet = enabled
- Energy efficient network = disabled

After I shutdown (power state S5) the network port activity lights go dark so I assume the port has shutdown as well. On my previous Gigabyte motherboard the network port stayed active allowing WOL packets to be transmitted to turn on the pc. Have I missed a setting on this new motherboard? My workmate also bought the same motherboard and has the same issue.

I did ask the same question in the MSI forums but no joy there. Wondering if anyone has any practical experience with this motherboard and WOL?

In the manual it says there is a Resume By Onboard LAN option under Wake UP Event Setup. Have you enabled that?

Snortan said:

In the manual it says there is a Resume By Onboard LAN option under Wake UP Event Setup. Have you enabled that?

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I noticed this too!

But this option is missing from the selection.

We have "Resume By PCI-E Device" then it jumps straight to "Resume From S3 by USB Device".

I have submitted a support question regarding this issue to MSI tech support. Hopefully they can shed some light on this issue.

Success!

MSI support responded and listed the correct settings and it is working!

So the correct settings are:

In the motherboard BIOS:
- LAN Option ROM = Enabled
- EuP 2013 = Disabled
- Resume by PCI-E device = Enabled

In Windows 8.1 E2200 network port settings:

Under Power Management:
- Allow this device to wake the computer = ON
- Only allow a magic packet to wake the computer = ON

Under Advanced:
- Energy Efficient Ethernet = Disabled
- Shutdown Wake Up = Enabled
- Wake on Magic Packet = Enabled

All working fine now. All I was missing was the "Shutdown Wake Up" setting. I hope this helps anyone else who has this excellent motherboard.

Very useful, started trying to do the same thing today.

I'm on an older bios and I couldn't see any of the 8.1 options, it's not working for me at the moment. I guess I'll try updating bios and trying again.

Reckon same thing will work on Win 7? cant test as im in work atm.

Yea it should, I'm using WOL on W7 just fine.