mac won't sleep
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- ad1
anyone got any ideas why my hard disk won't sleep when tell it to "put computer to sleep when it is inactive for xxx minutes" in energy saver prefs?
G4 tower
cheers
- Neuarmy0
have any USB stuff hooked up to it?
like a memory card reader?i used to have one hooked up and i would put it to sleep, and it would wake right back up..
probly not your issue, just thought i'd throw it out there..
- ad10
thanks neu - no its not that. when i put it to sleep manually its all fine.
i just need the energy saver to do what its suposed so that the hard disk isn't spinning for days when i forget to go home.
- ribit0
How do you know your hard disk isnt sleeping (can you hear it, its not a fan that is still going?)
model?
- ad10
good point ribit - but i think it's the hard disk as the screen comes to life super quick when i move the mouse (not like when i hit the space bar when i put it to sleep manually and there's a lag)
model: Machine Name: Power Mac G4 Machine Model:PowerMac3,6 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
cheers
- graphito0
optical mouse?
- ribit0
If it appears to wake instantaneously, it sounds more like it isnt in Sleep mode at all (just your display is)...
- ribit0
(and you first thought it was in Sleep, but the disk wasnt, right?)
- ad10
everything goes to sleep when iys told to from the apple menu and from the power button on the dispaly. cool.
however - only the monitor goes to sleep from the energy saver preferences - the hard drive stays on.
i want everything to go to sleep from the energy saver preferences. but the cunting thing won't!
graphito - optical mouse yep - if you mean the one with red light ting.
cheers.
- ribit0
thats wierd.
your description threw me off cos you were just talking about the disk....Sleep mode means the screen goes off, fans go off (hopefully), drive spins down, RAM contents are held, and the little light throbs..its a bunch of stuff, not just the drive..
Why its doing it... beats me :)
- ribit0
random advice from Googling...
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*Quit all open applications
*Turned the option off that changes the desktop every x seconds/minutes
*Repaired permissions
*Went to Library/Preferences/SystemConfig... and moved it so a new copy would have to be created (you might have to hold down the command key to move it without copying)Try these (especially the later ones) and see if they work. Also look at the values set in the above file, this is where the Energy Saver settings are kept.
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- ad10
ribit, really appreciate your hel. i'm off out now (after putting bastard mac to sleep) but will try all those tomorrow.
easy squire.