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  From: Sven Kirmess <sven.kirmess@gmx.net>
  To  : apmd <apmd-list@worldvisions.ca>
  Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:35:35 +0100

Re: Suspend to RAM

Thursday, November 04, 1999, 8:53:02 PM, Avery wrote:

>> I believe suspend stops everything but memory refresh. My ThinkPad would
>> last for several weeks or months suspended without plugging it in.
>> 
>> I think you are describing standby.

> On my desktop system (Asus P5A, ATX power supply), I can still play
> audio CD's in my CD-ROM drive when suspended - this implies that the
> power to all drives is on (although hard disk spindown works, of
> course). Also the CPU fan continues to spin for a while until the
> CPU cools off, or something.

> I haven't checked the power usage on my system under these
> conditions, but it's probably more than 5W.

The P5A doesn't support suspend to RAM. The P3B is the first (and till
now the only) Asus board which supports STR.


 Sven

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