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    Enabling STR without reinstalling windows

    Anyway to do it ? - its driving me mad.
    Forgot to enable it in the BIOS before hand (you'd think it would be default by now )

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    Forgive my ignorance, but what is it/what does it do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave87 View Post
    Forgive my ignorance, but what is it/what does it do?

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    Suspend to RAM.
    Like hibernation, but to the RAM and not the HD
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    i'm working a bit from memory here, but...:

    * look in device manager for something that sounds like a PC - e.g. "Standard PC"
    * try and update the driver
    * ask to see a list of all drivers for this class
    * pick something like "ACPI Multiprocessor PC"

    ought to convicne windows that your machine is capable of advanced ACPI power saving modes

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    Thats one of the first things i tried joe , but no luck (already showing as the multiprocessor one)

    Whats making it worse, is that powercfg /a shows S3 once its been enabled in the BIOS. But windows just wont use it.
    Going to try reinstalling drivers and other various system things tomrrow.
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    Mmm, I'd still like to suspect it's a driver issue.

    Windows can sometimes be very picky, if just one device is causing issues.

    See what happens if you re-install some driver packages and let us know how it goes matey
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    Im pretty sure its a windows thing, although i am going to have a bash at the drivers anyway.
    The "no S3 if its not enabled when installing windows" issue is well known on google. Almost all threads on the subject are solved by a reinstall, or just give up.
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