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Old 03-21-2008, 11:40 PM
cqui3
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Re: Vista compatibility w/ASUS motherboard P4R800-VM

Right click on desktoip
Personalize

There you can set your suspend mode

And you can set the power button's options, as
well as the keyboard's sleep button, etc.

Sorry I can't be more precise, I forgot some
of the english words for those functions.

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> "The Pianist" wrote:
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>> I've used Vista (home basic) for a while now and there wasn't any serious
>> compatibility issues with the motherboard.
>>
>> I reinstalled it a couple of weeks back, and ever since then, there's
>> been
>> an issue with shutting down the computer. Usually, if I select SHUT DOWN
>> from
>> the start menu, the computer doesn't shut down completely, but enters a
>> sleepish/suspended mode.The red (busy/status) light doesn't flicker, but
>> the
>> fan and the green (power) light remains on. Also, I have a WD My Book
>> (500Gb)
>> connected, and usually it shuts itself down once the computer powers
>> down.
>> Now though, when the computer enters this "sleepyish" mode, the power
>> light
>> on the My Book switches from on to off every few seconds.
>>
>> Oh and also, even before reinstalling Vista, I've never been able to WAKE
>> the computer after putting it to sleep. It just becomes unresponsive to
>> anything (mouse, keyboard - I've tried a lot of buttons) and I have to
>> press
>> the power button on the computer.
>>
>> Any advice/suggestions?
>>
>> The motherboard is P4R800-VM, manufactured by Asus. I'm using a Creative
>> Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Audio sound card, and a nVidia GeForce 6200
>> A-LE
>> graphics card. I don't think they've got any conflicting issues.[/color][/color]

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Old 03-21-2008, 11:40 PM