X58 board that suspends properly

[BenchZowner]

Thanks roller11. I just heard back from Asus support and they say they can't duplicate any sleep problems so it must be something on my end. This seems like a fairly common problem with this board so I'm a bit taken aback by that statement. Oh well.

This is how much Asus's technical support dpt. is worth:



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[derektm]

Thanks roller11. I just heard back from Asus support and they say they can't duplicate any sleep problems so it must be something on my end. This seems like a fairly common problem with this board so I'm a bit taken aback by that statement. Oh well.

Tell them to do 200bclk and they have to resume twice. It will go into S3 and then wake up ONCE. The second time you S3, the screen will go black and your vid card fan will go full blast.

I'm not sure how you got in touch with them to try and replicate the issue. When I tried, they told me they had no way to contact the BIOS department.

[jcotran]

I just wanted to let you know that F5d bios for the UD3R appears to have fixed the S3 resume issue. I have not had much time to try it out but appears to work correctly whereas F5c and earlier did not.

http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/giga...st-bios-28441/

[roller11]

Thanks roller11. I just heard back from Asus support and they say they can't duplicate any sleep problems so it must be something on my end. This seems like a fairly common problem with this board so I'm a bit taken aback by that statement. Oh well.

Of course SM works.....if you cripple the performance by underclocking the board to 133 Bclk.

[roller11]

I just wanted to let you know that F5d bios for the UD3R appears to have fixed the S3 resume issue. I have not had much time to try it out but appears to work correctly whereas F5c and earlier did not.

I too got the UD3R to work, but only if I underclocked it. What Bclk value did you use in your test?

[Brahmzy]

My Asus P5E with X38 never resumed correctly.
My Asus Rampage Formula (X48) resumes correctly the 80% of the times.

Nobody knows how Rampage Extreme II resumes? Never, half of times, nearly every time...

Funny, my P5E x38 works perfectly, heavily OC'd.
My P5Q-E p45 works perfectly, heavily OC'd
My P6T WS Pro x58 doesn't even try to work. It sucks.

[jcotran]

I too got the UD3R to work, but only if I underclocked it. What Bclk value did you use in your test?

I am using 21x196. Like I said only briefly tried it out but plan on testing it further soon.

[cx-ray]

I had the same problem with my Rampage II Extreme. If I did as little as a single reboot (Vista 64), it wouldn't resume after S3. It was completely unrelated to overclocking. Once I figured it out I could reproduce the problem 100% of the time. I contacted Asus and they gave me a fix. Since BIOS 1104 S3 works perfectly (for me).

[veedubfreak]

Running at 21x200 on my evga x58 i get the black screen if it tries to resume. I just turned off the ability to let it hibernate because if i happened to forget and it suspended i'd have to do a hard power off which usually resulted in an angry windows boot up.

[Lsdmeasap]

GA-EX58-UD4P resume is fine here at 190-210 Blck with the latest BIOS (F7e)

So it appears they should have all the X58 series corrected, if they have not already

[BenchZowner]

I'm expecting to see all the Award BIOS based x58 boards to be able to suspend to ram ( S3 ) and wake up properly with the new BIOS releases ( that's a hint, not a 100% one, but a 95% one for sure ) [ I'm not just making an educated guess ]

[Schlotkins]

I'm expecting to see all the Award BIOS based x58 boards to be able to suspend to ram ( S3 ) and wake up properly with the new BIOS releases ( that's a hint, not a 100% one, but a 95% one for sure ) [ I'm not just making an educated guess ]

I'm going to assume with my luck that my Asus board does not use an Award BIOS...

[bingo13]

We have been working ASUS and they will have BIOS releases for the P6T, P6T Deluxe,and Rampage II Extreme shortly that address the S3 resume problems, especially those with BCLKs over 170. The BIOS releases are in validation now but I can tell you at this point, they all work.

[Big Myke]

We have been working ASUS and they will have BIOS releases for the P6T, P6T Deluxe,and Rampage II Extreme shortly that address the S3 resume problems, especially those with BCLKs over 170. The BIOS releases are in validation now but I can tell you at this point, they all work.

I hope Evga will do the same with their boards as well.

[derektm]

We have been working ASUS and they will have BIOS releases for the P6T, P6T Deluxe,and Rampage II Extreme shortly that address the S3 resume problems, especially those with BCLKs over 170. The BIOS releases are in validation now but I can tell you at this point, they all work.

Nice! Please keep us informed of their progress.

I hope Evga will do the same with their boards as well.

Supposedly on the eVGA X58 SLI, the S3 bug at 183+ BCLK is hardware related and cannot be fixed via software. The classified fixed this issue.

[cstkl1]

dfi ut has no problems
just make sure to install the inf patch for usb devices

[Schlotkins]

We have been working ASUS and they will have BIOS releases for the P6T, P6T Deluxe,and Rampage II Extreme shortly that address the S3 resume problems, especially those with BCLKs over 170. The BIOS releases are in validation now but I can tell you at this point, they all work.

That's great to hear. They actually provided me a beta 1401 BIOS (build date is 3/13) but it didn't help me unfortunately so I'm hoping it's later than that.

Thanks,
Chrs

[PC_User]

I have the Gigabyte UD5 (F5 bios) and my CPU is overclocked to 4.0GHz with HT off. When I resume from sleep (S3 suspend), all I get is a black screen. I have not tried if the same happens at stock settings (or with HT on) and really need to get the sleep function to work properly. Using Vista Ultimate x64 and not too keen on reinstalling the entire OS.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[bingo13]

That's great to hear. They actually provided me a beta 1401 BIOS (build date is 3/13) but it didn't help me unfortunately so I'm hoping it's later than that.

Thanks,
Chrs

My BIOS builds are from 3/20, it has been a long road though to get to this point.

[derektm]

My BIOS builds are from 3/20, it has been a long road though to get to this point.

Can any of these builds be provided to the public for evaluation? (I understand the risks.)

[Schlotkins]

My BIOS builds are from 3/20, it has been a long road though to get to this point.

That's good to hear. I'm looking forward to it being released that's for sure!

[highoctane]

That's good to hear. I'm looking forward to it being released that's for sure!

That makes two of us, really looking forward to this issue being resolved!!

[roller11]

DFI, MSI, EVGA, Gigabyte...all have boards that can't do SM because of bclk limitation. All have tried to fix the bug with updated BIOS, all have failed. Clearly, it's a hardware deficiency, not fixable in BIOS. Now there's is a rumor that ASUS has done a bios that will allow their boards to do S3 SM, reliably, at any Bclk up to the limits of the CPU, with no side effects. I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[PC_User]

We have been working ASUS and they will have BIOS releases for the P6T, P6T Deluxe,and Rampage II Extreme shortly that address the S3 resume problems, especially those with BCLKs over 170. The BIOS releases are in validation now but I can tell you at this point, they all work.

Any news on whether there will be BIOS updates for Gigabyte as well? Can't get S3 resume to work with my EX58-UD5...

[Brahmzy]

My ASUS P6T WS Pro just got a brand new BIOS today (0602) and S3 is still broken at BCLK 211.

Works fine at stock clocks.