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Re: Question about 3.3V Aux




>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Drozdov <Eric_Drozdov@alliedtelesyn.com> writes:
    Eric> I just finished a design on a Network card using an AMD MAC, and
    Eric> have noticed that with the card in newer systems (PCI 2.2
    Eric> motherboards), when the system is powered off, the link and
    Eric> activity lights on the NIC are on, even though there is no cable

  This is for "Wake-On-LAN" (aka "Magic Packet mode", something that I
think that Stephenwolfe must have been involved in) support.
  The NIC will receive a magic packet, and cause the system to come
out of suspend mode.

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