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

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Florian Echtler wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I hope this is the right place to ask.. :-)
> 
> 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?

-- 
tejun