X3320 (Q9300) and X3350 (Q9450) available!

[JonJ]

Originally posted by: graysky
Can anyone verify that you can place your Windows machine into suspend mode (S3 sleep) with a X3350 or X3360? I read somewhere that these chips actually lack the support to do so.

I'm not familiar with the term "S3 Sleep" - is it a Vista function? I have a Q3350, but am running XP. I don't know if this is any help, but I have been able to put this PC into (and out of) Standby. I hope that this is of some help.

 

[graysky]

@JonJ - thanks for the info. S3 is just a different level of suspend. S1/S3 are the two major ones. In S3 state, the processor goes to sleep, HDs turn off, fans, stop, etc. I read somewhere that X3350 and X3360 chips don't support this, but you're saying your chip does... it is a Xeon right?

 

[JonJ]

Originally posted by: graysky
@JonJ - thanks for the info. S3 is just a different level of suspend. S1/S3 are the two major ones. In S3 state, the processor goes to sleep, HDs turn off, fans, stop, etc. I read somewhere that X3350 and X3360 chips don't support this, but you're saying your chip does... it is a Xeon right?

Yes, it's a Xeon X3350.

 

[JonJ]

Originally posted by: JonJ

Originally posted by: graysky
Can anyone verify that you can place your Windows machine into suspend mode (S3 sleep) with a X3350 or X3360? I read somewhere that these chips actually lack the support to do so.

I don't know if this is any help, but I have been able to put this PC into (and out of) Standby. I hope that this is of some help.

Having a few weeks of experience with my X3350, I have a late caveat to add to my earlier statement. Although the PC will go into, and come out of, S3 suspend, it is not always "happy" when it has done so; it can then be slow to respond to input, etc., until the next reboot.

 

[lightfoot3b]

Originally posted by: JonJ
I have received the X3350, and it booted up without any problem in the IP35 Pro, with the pre-installed v.14 BIOS. I subsequently flashed the BIOS to v.16, and it is continuing to run well. It's early days, but I think that the gamble has paid off!


nice, I'll try throwing my Q9450 into my ip35-e tonight and see what happens...

No reply! That must be a good sign. I just won a NIB x3320 (q9300) on ebay for ... Drum roll... 198$ shipped (10% off ebay coupon ftw!) to replace my 5 week old M0 E2160 (now going into my parents build)! I can't wait to see 4 cores go at some video/sound encoding.

 

[bryanW1995]

my 9450 plays nice with ip35e btw. It's been solid at 3.4 for a month. I could go higher but the extra tuniq got recruited for q6600 duty, leaving the 9450 with a measly cnps 9700

 

[lightfoot3b]

Sweet! Mine will have a Gemin II with two 120mm's (tricools) on low on it. So I was thinking 3.0 for general use and 3.5 for benchmarking and bragging! Who knows, might be 3.5 all the time! I love this forum.