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HammerBot   12-02-2002 at 02:12:12 PM

My BIOS (Main system) has some ACPI suspend type options: S1(POS), S3(STR) and S1&S3. What's the difference and how is it supposed to affect system standby, hibernation etc. I tried the various setting and can't seem to spot any difference.
The system runs Windows XP.

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Toejam31   12-02-2002 at 04:54:08 PM
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HammerBot   12-02-2002 at 10:16:11 PM
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Thanks. It's a bit more clear now. However, I still don't quite get how the settings in the BIOS is supposed to affect Windows. It appears that Windows Suspends to S1 regardless of the BIOS setting. How do I make it suspend to S3 (Suspend to RAM) ?

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Toejam31   12-03-2002 at 04:30:20 PM
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Use the Standby Mode when shutting down the system. This forces Windows to save all your apps and documents into RAM. Hibernate mode is similar, but saves the information to the hard drive, and it takes longer for the system to be restored in this mode.

<A HREF="http://computerdocter.com/Nurse_Nancy_pages/Maintenance/XP/standby.htm" target="_new">Choosing between Suspend, Standby and Hibernate mode</A>

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HammerBot   12-03-2002 at 08:06:54 PM
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Right. Nice article. "Choosing between Suspend, Standby and Hibernate mode", but Suspend and Standby are descriped under the same heading. So whats the difference?
As far as I can tell windows only suspends to S1 regardless of my BIOS setting. I wan't the S3 suspend mode where just about everything (except RAM refresh) is shut down.
The description of the setting in my mobo user guide is <i>"Set the standby mode under window OS to S1 or S3"</i>. But regardless of the setting it seems that the system only suspend to S1.
So, do I need to set up anything in Windows in order to make it suspend to S3?

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