8.04 Sleep causes Grub 17 error 64bit

[wetmonkey]

Binary package hint: acpi-support

System information:

ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 Dual-Core Processor
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500AAJS 250GB

Twice I have had the system return a Grub 17 error after going to "sleep". No applications running at the time I choose the "Sleep" option from the power menu.
There are no beeps, or other indications during startup except the grub 17 error.

Using live CD:
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0001dffb

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 468519659 234259798+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 468519660 488392064 9936202+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 468519723 488392064 9936171 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /media/ubuntu
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /media/ubuntu
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail or so

I have tried numerous fixes i have found searching on the web for the different grub, and mount issues.
The best I can get is a BusyBox terminal on reboot instead of the actual system.

 I am very new to Linux, so I my only option to get a workable system back is to install the OS again.

[wetmonkey (wetmonkey)]

Additional information:

In the BIOS the ACPI Suspend Type was set as S1 & S3.
ACPI APIC support is enabeled.

I changed the suspend type to S1, and no longer have the option to "Sleep", only "Hibernate".

When I choose Hibernate, it actually shuts the machine completely down with no power to any devices. Restarting the computer resulted in the ubuntu splash screen hanging.
Soft reboot (momentary switch on the case) results in a another Error 17 from Grub.