Re: Problems (and confusions) with Intel ICH7 SATA controller

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> > I have an Acer Aspire 5550 laptop with Core Solo processor and the Intel
> > ICH7 Chipset. Most of the hardware works fine, with the exception of
> > suspend-to-ram. 

> > I have a strong suspicion that the SATA controller is to blame for that,
> > as I have tried every possible combination of s2ram parameters and still
> > the display stays black upon resume, only the hard disk LED lights up
> > and stays that way.
> > 
> > I have seen suggestions to try the ahci driver instead of the ata_piix
> > driver, however, as far as I understand this would need switching the
> > controller mode in BIOS. The BIOS is, unfortunately, utterly crippled
> > and gives almost no options to change anything beyond the system clock.
> > 
> > Is this a known problem with ICH7? Can anybody give me some additional
> > hints?
> Which version of kernel are you using?

That would be 2.6.18. I've also tried 2.6.19, but it had the same
problems and the ipw3945 wireless driver didn't work there, so I kept
2.6.18 for the time being.

Yours, Florian

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