Vista64 Ultimete with 8GB RAM hangs after resume from suspend

[marfi]

Vista64 Ultimete with 8GB RAM hangs after resume from suspend with black
screen.
No problem with 4GB RAM.
No problem with 8GB after call "bcdedit /set removememory 4096"
Hardware: QUAD6600 @ GA-P35-DS3R & ATI 2400 & RAID1@2*WD320
Some hints?

 

[Kerry Brown]

That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the event
logs.

http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B074284162A63E3!373.entry

 

[Canuck57]

That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
event logs.

http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B074284162A63E3!373.entry

So what does this do?

bcdedit /set removememory 4096

Bought my Vista at 4GB and updated it 8GB ... not happy. I did suspend the
system once, it did suspend but would not wake up. Haven't used it since.
Took a power recycle to get it back.

 

[Kerry Brown]

So what does this do?

bcdedit /set removememory 4096

Bought my Vista at 4GB and updated it 8GB ... not happy. I did suspend
the system once, it did suspend but would not wake up. Haven't used it
since. Took a power recycle to get it back.

That switch tells Windows not to use 4 GB of RAM and forces everything into
the remaining 4 GB if you have 8 GB. I had a lot of problems with
suspend/hibernate/resume on my notebook. Using the procedures at the link I
posted I was able to get it working properly.

 

[marfi]

That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
event logs.

Unfortunatelly I do not see any events from resume time - probably because
computer hangs..

 

[Kerry Brown]

In the event viewer

Applications and Services Logs => Microsoft => Windows =>
Diagnostics-Performance => Operational

are there any events in the 300 range?

 

[marfi]

In the event viewer

Applications and Services Logs => Microsoft => Windows =>
Diagnostics-Performance => Operational

are there any events in the 300 range?

No. Only 100,101,102,109,200 & 400 are available.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I'm not sure where to proceed from here. On the systems I've seen with
resume problems there were always entries in the event logs.

With some motherboards there are problems when all four DIMM slots are
populated. As an experiment try running the RAM at the next slower speed.

 

[marfi]

I'm not sure where to proceed from here. On the systems I've seen with
resume problems there were always entries in the event logs.

With some motherboards there are problems when all four DIMM slots are
populated. As an experiment try running the RAM at the next slower speed.

BTW : On the same PC: Windows XP (32bit) do not have problem with
suspend/resume at all.

 

[Kerry Brown]

BTW : On the same PC: Windows XP (32bit) do not have problem with
suspend/resume at all.

Which brings us back to my original post. It sounds like a driver problem
and possibly a problem with the way your motherboard maps memory. Did you
try running the RAM at a slower speed?