S3 Sleep problem

i am trying to use S3 sleep. computer goes to sleep normally but when i
attempt to wake computer, power lights, HD activity light flashes, power
fans turn off, screen remainsa blank then after a couple of seconds all
power is gone, then after a couple of seconds power returns and goes in
this continued loop. and only rectified by removing power cord. No
problem if bios set to S1 sleep mode

it is gigabyte MB GA-X48- DQ6 bios F7 latest ( F6 was same)
9600 GT PCI Express grapics card
Vista 64 Ultimate sp1
all latest driverss
have even reformatted hard drive so complete clean install .

any help will be appreciated
thanks
Chris

Hi,

Don't use S3. I know it's not the answer you want, but not all hardware
configurations and drivers are going to support it. Yours apparently does
not. Even using the latest manufacturer-supplied drivers will not guarantee
that sleep mode will work correctly, as you only need one device to not
respond correctly to hang the whole system. Until that driver is updated to
support it, there is little you can do.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"ukguy" <> wrote in message
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>i am trying to use S3 sleep. computer goes to sleep normally but when
>i
> attempt to wake computer, power lights, HD activity light flashes, power
> fans turn off, screen remainsa blank then after a couple of seconds
> all
> power is gone, then after a couple of seconds power returns and goes in
> this continued loop. and only rectified by removing power cord. No
> problem if bios set to S1 sleep mode
>
> it is gigabyte MB GA-X48- DQ6 bios F7 latest ( F6 was same)
> 9600 GT PCI Express grapics card
> Vista 64 Ultimate sp1
> all latest driverss
> have even reformatted hard drive so complete clean install .
>
> any help will be appreciated
> thanks
> Chris
>

Hi Mark

thanks for that.

my driver is acpi driver ver 6.0.6001.18000 dated 21-6-2006
and doing the check on line update vista reports i have most upto date
driver.
yes vista works ok boots up ... just appears this S3 problem

Chris



"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> "sleep normally' makes me assume you successfully boot to Windows. Look at
> Device Manager in Control Panel. The Properties of the 'computer' item in
> the device list will show you the ACPI interface driver condition. You might
> let it 'update driver' online.
>
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> "ukguy" <> wrote in message
> news:9F89D974-A024-429C-911F-...
> > i am trying to use S3 sleep. computer goes to sleep normally but when
> > i
> > attempt to wake computer, power lights, HD activity light flashes, power
> > fans turn off, screen remainsa blank then after a couple of seconds
> > all
> > power is gone, then after a couple of seconds power returns and goes in
> > this continued loop. and only rectified by removing power cord. No
> > problem if bios set to S1 sleep mode
> >
> > it is gigabyte MB GA-X48- DQ6 bios F7 latest ( F6 was same)
> > 9600 GT PCI Express grapics card
> > Vista 64 Ultimate sp1
> > all latest driverss
> > have even reformatted hard drive so complete clean install .
> >
> > any help will be appreciated
> > thanks
> > Chris
> >

I agree with Rick. The device and its driver are controlling how well
Windows can do the sleep awakening. The Windows "HAL' interface offers the
driver the 'chance' to do it right, but it's up to the device maker to do
that well enough for your purpose. Settling for hibernation is your cheapest
solution.

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"ukguy" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Mark
>
> thanks for that.
>
> my driver is acpi driver ver 6.0.6001.18000 dated 21-6-2006
> and doing the check on line update vista reports i have most upto
> date
> driver.
> yes vista works ok boots up ... just appears this S3 problem
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> "sleep normally' makes me assume you successfully boot to Windows. Look
>> at
>> Device Manager in Control Panel. The Properties of the 'computer' item in
>> the device list will show you the ACPI interface driver condition. You
>> might
>> let it 'update driver' online.
>>
>> --
>> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
>> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
>> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>>
>> "ukguy" <> wrote in message
>> news:9F89D974-A024-429C-911F-...
>> > i am trying to use S3 sleep. computer goes to sleep normally but
>> > when
>> > i
>> > attempt to wake computer, power lights, HD activity light flashes,
>> > power
>> > fans turn off, screen remainsa blank then after a couple of seconds
>> > all
>> > power is gone, then after a couple of seconds power returns and goes
>> > in
>> > this continued loop. and only rectified by removing power cord. No
>> > problem if bios set to S1 sleep mode
>> >
>> > it is gigabyte MB GA-X48- DQ6 bios F7 latest ( F6 was same)
>> > 9600 GT PCI Express grapics card
>> > Vista 64 Ultimate sp1
>> > all latest driverss
>> > have even reformatted hard drive so complete clean install .
>> >
>> > any help will be appreciated
>> > thanks
>> > Chris
>> >

you can visit Intel site for an update of you chipset, since you have X48
chipset installed on your mobo. anyways, here is the link
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-028823.htm

"ukguy" <> wrote in message
news:9F89D974-A024-429C-911F-...
>i am trying to use S3 sleep. computer goes to sleep normally but when
>i
> attempt to wake computer, power lights, HD activity light flashes, power
> fans turn off, screen remainsa blank then after a couple of seconds
> all
> power is gone, then after a couple of seconds power returns and goes in
> this continued loop. and only rectified by removing power cord. No
> problem if bios set to S1 sleep mode
>
> it is gigabyte MB GA-X48- DQ6 bios F7 latest ( F6 was same)
> 9600 GT PCI Express grapics card
> Vista 64 Ultimate sp1
> all latest driverss
> have even reformatted hard drive so complete clean install .
>
> any help will be appreciated
> thanks
> Chris
>