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[Andrew Brooks <andrew.brooks85@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info.  I will be getting mine today so for the time
being I don't really have anything authoritative to say on this.  I
have however heard multiple reports that a BIOS upgrade is not
necessary however updating to the most recent kernel will make suspend
functional.  Not sure on what models this is applicable but it's worth
a shot.

The kernel upgrade and I guess what would be the timelime guide with
Ubuntu, has been compiled by alvinator and is available at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7582206&postcount=86.  This
supposedly has suspend working.

Another thing which I suggested in the thread but I do not know if
anyone has been successful is building their custom DSDT (which is
very easy on Ubuntu).  If anyone is interested in trying this, please
refer to http://gaugusch.at/kernel.shtml and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=426684.  For those of you
that might not be familiar with the purpose of a custom dsdt:

"A custom DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table) is useful
when your computer uses ACPI but problems occur due to broken
implementation. *snip*...Errors are often caused by vendors testing
their hardware only with Windows or because there is code which is
executed only on a specific OS with a specific version and Linux
hasn't been considered during the development. If you succefully use
an modified DSDT table, I highly recommend you to email your DSDT to
the computer/motherboard vendor for inclusion in the next BIOS upgrade
(and more Linux awareness in the future products). "

I anticipate to have mine in my hands in around 5 hours.  I'll be sure
to post back on what works out of the box with my model, suspend,
hibernate, etc.

Regards,
Andy

P.S.  Awesome idea on setting up this launchpad group.

(2point0) on the forums.