I have an EVGA 780i mb
Latest Bios - P04
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
4gb of PC8500 ram
Creative X-Fi soundcard
BFG 8800 GTS 640mb video card
System overclocked to 3.38 ghz.
Running original chipset drivers for this mb - 9.46
Video card drivers - 169.25
I dual boot, with 32 bit XP Pro, and Vista Ultimate 64 bit. ( rarely go into
XP any more ).
My system sleeps ( suspend to ram ), fine in both OS's.
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Don
"timb" <mtguy26505@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:52954C84-EA52-45CC-AADB-35CBB08CE4C2@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Just out of curiousity... if you set all the input devices NOT to wake up
> the computer... how do you wake it up ?
>
> And there is a fix for this problem by the way...
>
> Purchase a pci network adapter for about $15-$25... d-link, netgear, etc.
> will do... disable the on-board NIC in the bios... install the new NIC and
> bingo... Vista sleeps like a baby !
>
> So much for nvidia chipsets... this MOBO... and WHQL drivers... well... so
> much for vista too for that matter... and technical support...
> fogettaboutit... my next system is going to be either Linux or a MAC...
> I'm weary of windows...
>
> thanks for the help and the comments...
>
> "Mark" <secureourborders@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2C403DCD-77D1-4828-AF15-4ED6F1730D10@xxxxxx Quote:
>>I should have said that your keyboard, mouse, and network adapter should
>>not be set to wake the computer.
>>
>> "timb" <mtguy26505@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:42E33711-AA88-46A2-8035-32F4F09FF488@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> For all you 680i users running Vista 32bit AND successfully using sleep
>>> mode, please post your settings here... "Successfully" means that:
>>>
>>> 1. Your system actually wakes up and none of your devices, such as
>>> mouse, keyboard, usb drives, bluetooth, and other devices, etc. are
>>> disconnected and/or malfunctioning...
>>>
>>> 2. In particular, are you still connected to the internet without
>>> resetting your network adapter (presuming you were connected before
>>> bedtime and presuming you're using the on-board NIC)
>>>
>>> Again, please post your chipset driver versions and sleep mode
>>> settings...
>>>
>>> My settings are listed below and my system WON'T SLEEP "successfully"...
>>> bluetooth mouse and keyboard crash, and my internet connection is
>>> trashed:
>>>
>>> CPU: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
>>> MOTHERBOARD: EVGA NF680i - 122-CK-NF68-A1
>>> O/S: Windows Vista Ultimate - 32 bit - SP1
>>> RAM: 4 GB Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400C4 @ 4-4-4-12-2T
>>> BIOS: P30
>>> GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) - NVidia Drivers Version 174.74
>>>
>>> Chipset Drivers: 9.64 (WHQL Certified)
>>>
>>>
>>> Ethernet Driver (v67.76) WHQL
>>>
>>> SMBus Driver (v4.62) WHQL
>>>
>>> SataRAID Driver (v9.99.09) WHQL
>>>
>>> SataIDE Driver (v9.99.09) WHQL
>>>
>>> SMU Driver (v1.31) WHQL
>>>
>>> DISPLAY: ViewSonic VG2230wm [22" LCD] (QC9065103712)
>>> AUDIO: Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer
>>> STORAGE: RAID 0 - 500GB WD 7200 RPM
>>> 250GB WD 7200 RPM
>>> WD 320 GB Firewire/USB
>>> 3 Optical Drives
>>>
>>> CLOCKS AND VOLTAGES:
>>>
>>> CPU - 3.00 @ 10x V - 1.35
>>> FSB - 1333 @ 1.4v
>>> SPP - 1.5V
>>> MCP - AUTO
>>> SPP <> MCP - AUTO
>>> RAM Unlinked @ 800 Mhz @ 2.1V
>> >