diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/hardware/quirks/platforms/RK3326/030-suspend_mode b/projects/ArchR/packages/hardware/quirks/platforms/RK3326/030-suspend_mode
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d5d1570ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/hardware/quirks/platforms/RK3326/030-suspend_mode
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2026-present ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
+
+# Kernel suspend does not survive on px30 mainline (mem hangs on entry,
+# freeze never wakes, RTC alarm included; tested 2026-07-07 on the
+# Soysauce). Default the suspend mode to "off" so the power button
+# takes the archr-fake-suspend path (display off, audio muted,
+# powersave governors, input grabbed) instead of a hard lockup.
+#
+# Runs in two roles: at boot it seeds the default once (covers pacman
+# upgrades whose storage still carries the old mem-first sleep.conf),
+# and the suspendmode script calls it when the user picks "default" in
+# the ES SUSPEND MODE menu. Explicit user choices are never overridden.
+. /etc/profile
+
+if [ -z "$(get_setting system.suspendmode)" ]; then
+  /usr/bin/suspendmode off >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/sleep/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/sleep/package.mk
index f4103e522f..4a7efab989 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/sleep/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/sleep/package.mk
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@ makeinstall_target() {
 	mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/config/sleep.conf.d
 	cp sleep.conf ${INSTALL}/usr/config/sleep.conf.d/sleep.conf
 	if [ "${DEVICE}" = "RK3326" ]; then
-	  # px30 mainline has no working S3: with the stock order the kernel
-	  # tries "mem" first and the console hangs instead of sleeping. Land
-	  # on s2idle directly; the PMIC pwrkey is a wakeup-source in every
-	  # board DTS so the power button wakes it back up.
+	  # px30 mainline has no working kernel suspend at all: "mem" hangs
+	  # on entry and "freeze" (s2idle) enters but never wakes, not even
+	  # from an armed RTC alarm (tested 2026-07-07 on the Soysauce with
+	  # every wakeup source enabled; real debugging needs UART). Inhibit
+	  # real suspend by default so the power button falls through to
+	  # archr-fake-suspend; the ES SUSPEND MODE menu rewrites this file
+	  # via the suspendmode script, so advanced users can still opt in
+	  # to experiment. Keep freeze first for that case: it is the least
+	  # bad state on this SoC.
+	  sed -i 's/^AllowSuspend=.*/AllowSuspend=no/' ${INSTALL}/usr/config/sleep.conf.d/sleep.conf
 	  sed -i 's/^SuspendState=.*/SuspendState=freeze/' ${INSTALL}/usr/config/sleep.conf.d/sleep.conf
 	fi
         cp modules.bad ${INSTALL}/usr/config