On 18/10/2009, at 7:01 PM, g3-5-list group wrote: > Date: Sat, Oct 17 2009 11:46 pm > From: Digital Bill > > Out of the blue, my dual 867 MDD G4 has become impossible to wake from > sleep. *Display* sleep! I've long since abandoned putting the hard > drives to sleep, between previous problems with (since fixed by > replacing) the power supply and fear of the PCI USB card "issue," so I > only sleep the displays -- in this case a 17" ADC Studio Display and a > 19" Viewsonic digital flat panel, both off an ATI Radeon 9600. > > I typically leave the computer on overnight, and I have the display > set to sleep after 45 mins. of inactivity >
Gee, that's a long time! > via the Energy Saver control > panel. I've never experienced any problems before, but suddenly within > the past few days it's been impossible to wake it with a key press or > wiggle of the (wired) Mighty Mouse. And I've had no choice but to shut > it down via the APC UPS, wait a few moments, and then start it up > again. > Have you tried simply removing the power from, say, the LCD screen and waiting a minut, and switching back on? Some LCD screens get their knickers in a twist re sleep and need to be reset. Also look at the settings for this in your LCD buttons on th monitor. > I've noticed no other hiccups, anomalies, slowdowns, blackouts or > other strange behavior. > > Ah well, then you better first run Disk Utility through the drive. Next, if you can, Disk Warrior to rebuild. And make some checks on RAM > I'm lost. Help??? > > --Bill Wilson > -- dorayme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
