Vista64 Ultimete with 8GB RAM hangs after resume from suspend

Vista64 Ultimete with 8GB RAM hangs after resume from suspend with black
screen.
No problem with 4GB RAM.
No problem with 8GB after call "bcdedit /set removememory 4096"
Hardware: QUAD6600 @ GA-P35-DS3R & ATI 2400 & RAID1@2*WD320
Some hints?
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marfi

Kerry
Sun May 11 14:51:54 PDT 2008

That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the event
logs.

http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B074284162A63E3!373.entry

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



"marfi" <marfi@bb.onet.pl> wrote in message
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> Vista64 Ultimete with 8GB RAM hangs after resume from suspend with black
> screen.
> No problem with 4GB RAM.
> No problem with 8GB after call "bcdedit /set removememory 4096"
> Hardware: QUAD6600 @ GA-P35-DS3R & ATI 2400 & RAID1@2*WD320
> Some hints?
> --
> marfi
>

Canuck57
Sun May 11 16:03:44 PDT 2008


"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:6C8CBFAA-331F-4668-8247-D386428150DF@microsoft.com...
> That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
> GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
> event logs.
>
> http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B074284162A63E3!373.entry
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

So what does this do?

bcdedit /set removememory 4096

Bought my Vista at 4GB and updated it 8GB ... not happy. I did suspend the
system once, it did suspend but would not wake up. Haven't used it since.
Took a power recycle to get it back.

Kerry
Sun May 11 16:16:04 PDT 2008


"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
> news:6C8CBFAA-331F-4668-8247-D386428150DF@microsoft.com...
>> That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
>> GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
>> event logs.
>>
>> http://jvert.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!5B074284162A63E3!373.entry
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
> So what does this do?
>
> bcdedit /set removememory 4096
>
> Bought my Vista at 4GB and updated it 8GB ... not happy. I did suspend
> the system once, it did suspend but would not wake up. Haven't used it
> since. Took a power recycle to get it back.


That switch tells Windows not to use 4 GB of RAM and forces everything into
the remaining 4 GB if you have 8 GB. I had a lot of problems with
suspend/hibernate/resume on my notebook. Using the procedures at the link I
posted I was able to get it working properly.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

marfi
Sun May 11 23:48:24 PDT 2008

U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci news:6C8CBFAA-331F-4668-8247-D386428150DF@microsoft.com...
> That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
> GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
> event logs.

Unfortunatelly I do not see any events from resume time - probably because
computer hangs..
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marfi

Kerry
Mon May 12 06:54:23 PDT 2008

In the event viewer

Applications and Services Logs => Microsoft => Windows =>
Diagnostics-Performance => Operational

are there any events in the 300 range?

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
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"marfi" <marfi@bb.onet.pl> wrote in message
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> U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
> wiadomo¶ci news:6C8CBFAA-331F-4668-8247-D386428150DF@microsoft.com...
>> That sounds like a problem with a driver that doesn't like living above 4
>> GB. If it's a driver problem you may be able to figure it out from the
>> event logs.
>
> Unfortunatelly I do not see any events from resume time - probably because
> computer hangs..
> --
> marfi

marfi
Mon May 12 07:37:18 PDT 2008

U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci news:E2BC4FC6-4238-4588-9216-5A1B7F547B8A@microsoft.com...
> In the event viewer
>
> Applications and Services Logs => Microsoft => Windows =>
> Diagnostics-Performance => Operational
>
> are there any events in the 300 range?

No. Only 100,101,102,109,200 & 400 are available.
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marfi

Kerry
Mon May 12 20:00:34 PDT 2008

I'm not sure where to proceed from here. On the systems I've seen with
resume problems there were always entries in the event logs.

With some motherboards there are problems when all four DIMM slots are
populated. As an experiment try running the RAM at the next slower speed.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



"marfi" <marfi@bb.onet.pl> wrote in message
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> U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
> wiadomo¶ci news:E2BC4FC6-4238-4588-9216-5A1B7F547B8A@microsoft.com...
>> In the event viewer
>>
>> Applications and Services Logs => Microsoft => Windows =>
>> Diagnostics-Performance => Operational
>>
>> are there any events in the 300 range?
>
> No. Only 100,101,102,109,200 & 400 are available.
> --
> marfi

marfi
Mon May 12 23:20:14 PDT 2008

U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
wiadomo¶ci news:1D8F3B41-450D-427E-A54F-76D14E67FB3E@microsoft.com...
> I'm not sure where to proceed from here. On the systems I've seen with
> resume problems there were always entries in the event logs.
>
> With some motherboards there are problems when all four DIMM slots are
> populated. As an experiment try running the RAM at the next slower speed.
>
BTW : On the same PC: Windows XP (32bit) do not have problem with
suspend/resume at all.
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marfi

Kerry
Fri May 16 07:20:22 PDT 2008

"marfi" <marfi@bb.onet.pl> wrote in message
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> U¿ytkownik "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> napisa³ w
> wiadomo¶ci news:1D8F3B41-450D-427E-A54F-76D14E67FB3E@microsoft.com...
>> I'm not sure where to proceed from here. On the systems I've seen with
>> resume problems there were always entries in the event logs.
>>
>> With some motherboards there are problems when all four DIMM slots are
>> populated. As an experiment try running the RAM at the next slower speed.
>>
> BTW : On the same PC: Windows XP (32bit) do not have problem with
> suspend/resume at all.
> --
> marfi
>


Which brings us back to my original post. It sounds like a driver problem
and possibly a problem with the way your motherboard maps memory. Did you
try running the RAM at a slower speed?

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/