P4R800-VM S3 and S1 sleep states

[David Shorthouse]

Hey folks,

I have the above motherboard. A power option in the BIOS states "Suspend
Mode [S1 & S3 (STR)]. I have this selected because this is to be an HTPC
system hooked-up to my stereo and television and I don't want the machine on
all the time, yet readily and quickly woken-up. Manual suspend in XP Pro
sends the system to S1 where all fans are still spinning and the processor
is active. How the heck does one manually get into S3 then?

Dave

 

[Paul]

Hey folks,

I have the above motherboard. A power option in the BIOS states "Suspend
Mode [S1 & S3 (STR)]. I have this selected because this is to be an HTPC
system hooked-up to my stereo and television and I don't want the machine on
all the time, yet readily and quickly woken-up. Manual suspend in XP Pro
sends the system to S1 where all fans are still spinning and the processor
is active. How the heck does one manually get into S3 then?

Dave

Maybe there is a menu with the word "sleep" in it ?

If the ACPI power modes aren't working for you, try looking
for references to "dumppo.exe" in Google. This is a program
from Microsoft, hosted on a Microsoft FTP server, that
can repair ACPI if it wasn't properly enabled in the BIOS
before you installed Windows.

HTH,
Paul

 

[David Shorthouse]

Hey folks,

I have the above motherboard. A power option in the BIOS states "Suspend
Mode [S1 & S3 (STR)]. I have this selected because this is to be an HTPC
system hooked-up to my stereo and television and I don't want the machine on
all the time, yet readily and quickly woken-up. Manual suspend in XP Pro
sends the system to S1 where all fans are still spinning and the processor
is active. How the heck does one manually get into S3 then?

Dave

Maybe there is a menu with the word "sleep" in it ?

If the ACPI power modes aren't working for you, try looking
for references to "dumppo.exe" in Google. This is a program
from Microsoft, hosted on a Microsoft FTP server, that
can repair ACPI if it wasn't properly enabled in the BIOS
before you installed Windows.

HTH,
Paul

Paul,

Thanks, but I just managed to fix it. I have a USB remote that was not
permitting. A quick little registry adjustment did it for me.

Dave