On Fri, May 27 2016, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:09:21PM +0000, Martin Oppegaard wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I can't get suspend or hibernate to work with this computer. It has >> encrypted root hdd and apmd is running (-A). When I suspend the screen >> goes into standby and the power LED starts blinking, but nothing spins >> down (same amount of power is drawn from the UPS), and it will not >> resume. In this state if I press the restart button the CPU fan calms >> down and less power is drawn from the UPS, but I have to hold the power >> button to shut it down. >> >> With hibernate, it restarts immediately. >> >> Any tips? >> >> Regards, >> >> Martin Oppegaard > > When I was first starting the initial hibernate coding, I used this exact > same machine (P6T Deluxe V2), and ran into the exact same problems you did. > I even had a similar radeon (I think mine was a 5950). It worked occasionally, > but was never stable. > > I was never able to track down what was failing. This MB was one of > the first ones to support the core-i* series and had a fair number of BIOS > bugs. I upgraded the BIOS, and things got worse (random reboots and hangs) > and when I downgraded the BIOS, I bricked the machine. After that, it got > tossed in the trash. > > Sorry I don't have better news for you. > > -ml
Thank you for the quick reply! Unfortunate news, but now at least I can stop spending time on this. Regards, Martin Oppegaard PS.: After I disabled something Intel Speedturbo in the bios I've never had any problems with this machine.
