[mythtv-users] Suspend to RAM -- Which MB to buy?

[Daniel Agar]

> Mitch Gore wrote:
>> I am thinking of building a new frontend and would like Suspend-to-Ram
>> S3 to work out of the box.  It works on my laptop just fine but with my
>> 2 myth machines and my desktop it doesnt.  I have tried to get it to
>> work before but all i ever end up with is a computer that wont wake up
>> after a suspending or drivers not loading back up correctly.
>>
>> So..... Would everyone report which motherboards they have with
>> Suspend-to-Ram that works "out of the box" and what Distribution you
>> used.  I would like to compile a list and write up a wiki article on it.
>
> Diskless ASUS M2NPV-VM with AMD Athlon64 3200+ (Venice Core), BIOS 1001
> and Linux kernel 2.6.23.
>
> Diskless ASUS A8N-VM CSM with AMD Athlon64 3800+ (Lima Core), BIOS 1007
> and Linux kernel 2.6.23.
>
> Before these BIOS versions, S3 did not work completely. Before this
> kernel version, S3 did not work with the SMP kernel.
>
> I use MiniMyth <http://linpvr.org/minimyth/>. The latest test build has
> the Linux kernel 2.6.23.
>
> Both motherboard's support wake from S3 using USB. I use an MCE remote
> to sleep and wake the frontend.

I wonder if a streamzap usb receiver can resume from standby on my
M2NPV-VM. I wasn't going to bother because I didn't think it was possible,
but its an awful lot of heat and noise on 24/7 for something thats used an
hour or two every day.