K7S5A and S3 (Suspend to RAM)
Mathias Gerber
It doesnt even enter the S3, the normal Standby is no problem (OS=Win2k,
SP2)
I couldnt find a BIOS option to change from normal to Suspend to RAM.
Thanks,
Mathias
Ralf Gmeiner
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the board doesn't support STR. ecs is "just" doing false advertising on
their website.
actually, they recently removed the STR-ads.
but go ahead and complain about it. they won't even care. i wrote several
mails to them - no reply. assholes.
bye,
ralf
Mathias Gerber
> "Mathias Gerber" <NOSPAM_m...@gmx.ch> wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to get Suspend to RAM working with this Board?
>> It doesnt even enter the S3, the normal Standby is no problem (OS=Win2k,
>> SP2)
>> I couldnt find a BIOS option to change from normal to Suspend to RAM.
> the board doesn't support STR. ecs is "just" doing false advertising on
> their website.
> actually, they recently removed the STR-ads.
www.ecs.com.tw/products/k7s5a.htm
listed under "special features" if I remember correctly.
> but go ahead and complain about it. they won't even care.
>i wrote several mails to them - no reply. assholes.
But theres one thing we didnt complaine, man, you can buy easily two of
these boards, or you can buy an ASUS with a crappy, buggy VIA Chipset.
I never saw a board in this price range (141 CHF)with these features:
- OnBoard LAN
- OnBoard AC97
- DDR, SDR (not mixed)
- SingleChip N&S Bridge
- No fan for the bridge
- Stable (I only have to reboot when I want it :)
- Nice Black PCB
- 100% VIA FREE!
I think we can forgive ECS the missing STR, most of the time it even doesnt
work cause some PCI cards are not 100% ACPI compatible.
I only want to know if I missed some settings.
Thank you
Mathias
Ralf Gmeiner
> Umm... good to know, definitive no STR or is it just a BIOS problem?
i'd like it to be a bios problem, so it can be fixed. but in a forum i was
told, there's some circuit or something missing...
> I think we can forgive ECS the missing STR, most of the
> time it even doesnt work cause some PCI cards are not
> 100% ACPI compatible.
the k7s5a is a good deal, if you don't need str. i use that feature every
day and wouldn't wanna miss it. "fortunately" the k7s5a-system was not for
me. i use a msi k7t pro and i'm still happy with it. str works perfectly.
ralf
[LiFE]
You can always use Hibernate which suspends to HDD instead. Which is not as
fun, but just as good.
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Ralf Gmeiner
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> If you are using Windows2000 or WindowsXP, STR is not really important.
>
> You can always use Hibernate which suspends to HDD instead. Which is not
as
> fun, but just as good.
not really, b/c hibernate takes at least twice that long to resume (you have
to go through all bios-routines/POST). STR is a very desireable feature.
Ralf
C. Lee Johnson
themselves don't use that much), turn or set the monitor to shut off and
leave your hard drives spinning, which is much better for them as long as
they are running at the designed temp. STR is really just a pain in the
neck.. and much harder on hardware.
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