Comments on: Athlon II X4 630 Computer Build

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:01:45 +0000

HI Scott,

500W might not be enough. You may need to go 600W+. I haven’t had any problems since the 750W was installed.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:08:40 +0000

Well, I finally got around to swapping in a new PSU – went with a CoolerMaster 500W (happened to have a new one here) and the computer will now wake from sleep.

Unfortunately as soon as it wakes it BSOD’s. I’ve got the latest BIOS, latest drivers, and all memtest86 tests are passed by my memory… I’m really at a loss here.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Hi Scott,

You will be glad to hear the power supply swap worked! I am now able to sleep and wake without issue.

I replaced the Enermax with a 750w Titan PSU.

If you get your hands on a new power supply I think you will find your sleep issues will be a thing of the past.

Keep us posted.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:45:12 +0000

Yeah I am going to try swapping it out with a 650w power supply and I will let you know if it solves the issue. Just a bit backlogged at the moment with my new NAS and the kids computers.

I upgraded my computer and the older gear got handed down to the kids. There was no complaints to be heard there.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:06:07 +0000

Do you have access to another PSU? It might be worth a shot to try swapping it out.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:45 +0000

I have found on wake from S3 the fan on the video card doesn’t spin up.
I tried pulling the card out and running on the onboard video without luck.
Something is not powering up on the board properly.
I have booted the system on the basics with only what I need for it to run and that made no difference.
I just realised you are running exactly the same power supply as I am. I wonder if the PSU is not powering up fast enough on resume. This is the only component we have in common appart from the motherboard.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:14:44 +0000

Still no resolution. I’ve updated the bios with every new release from GIGABYTE and there is no change. I have tried getting the computer to hibernate instead with luck, except that it keeps waking itself up for no reason.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:11:45 +0000

Did you manage to solve the sleep issue? I have the same board and problem.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:41:45 +0000

Nice one dude! Tower looks great.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:51:32 +0000

hmm… interesting thought. It’s recognized, but it’s the generic Windows 7 driver. I have the ATI drivers for my chipset / video, but I’ll try the monitor driver from Samsung.

EDIT: no dice. There is no video going to the monitor at all when it tries to resume from sleep. Also, my wireless, USB keyboard turns on when I press a key on it, but then turns right off. I think it’s a USB driver / BIOS issue.