The National Enquirer reports at 4:30 PM -0800 11/23/04, Tom Peterson wrote:
With all due sympathy, My wallstreet does not like to wake from sleep. It does however reboot to OS9 when this happens. I have replaced the hard drive on my poor beast and that has caused me to recommend the following voodoo trick. Take a metal object ( I have used pocket knives, watches, tiny magnets <be verwwy cawwfull here> and pass it along the right hand side of the wallstreet while holding down the power on/off button. The portion of the side adjacent to the keyboard seems to be more significant than the portion of the right side of the palm rest, mouse pad. Repeat a couple of times before abandoning. Good luck.
Tom, I think I can at least help you solve your problem.
I'm willing to bet that you replaced your H.D. with a IBM/Hitachi drive. That's not the only brand that has caused sleep problems in the Wallstreet, but it's one of the most infamous.
The problem is a magnet within the drive that lines up with and confuses the magnetic sleep sensor located on the Wallstreet in the area between the Delete and Return keys. Thus the wakeup problems with the PB.
Once you understand the problem, the solution is fairly simple. In fact, there are 2 or 3 solutions. You have discovered one of them -- the kitchen magnet swipe. But that's a pain the butt IMPO. I prefer a more permanent solution.
I have a Wallstreet with a 40Gb IBM/Hitachi drive installed and it has the won't wake from sleep problem. I use a simple fix. I open the lid and rotate the laptop about it's vertical axis while tapping the shift key. The magnet is just barely holding the lid sensor in the closed state, changing the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field is enough to clear the sensor.
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