ASUS A7V8X + Suspend to Ram

[acidhaze]

I just built my system:

ASUS A7V8X
Athlon XP 2400
512MB 400mhz DDR RAM
eVGA G-force 4 mx 128mb
Maxtor 60GB 7200 rpm ATA/133
Lite-on 52x/16x CD/DVD-ROM


I installed windows XP SP1 while Suspend to ram was disabled in the bios. After enabling it, when i go into standby the box just goes into doze mode.... curious. Well i then set the front power button to put it into suspend and booted from a dos disk. When i press the suspend button the computer gives me three short beeps and then puts it into doze mode. It gives me one beep when i wake it up. I can't seem to figure this one out, could my graphics card be keeping me from suspend mode? The system hybernates just fine... im stumped.. anyone have an answer? Thanks.

 

[stevewm]

For 2k and XP to correctly setup your system to use S3 (suspend to RAM mode) for power saving you typically must have it enabled during install.

 

[HiggaJigga]

...slightly off subject, but i just bought that board. what brand and model ram are you using? any problems with it?

 

[acidhaze]

I'm using OCZ 512 MB 400mhz DDR cas 2.5 ram. Works great even though i'll never really see the performance benefits of 400mhz ram, it keeps the system more stable when overclocking when you start from 333 mhz. BTW I got suspend to ram to work only after doing a COMPLETE reinstall of windows xp. I tried a repair and it did not work. Thanks!