My iMac Core Duo often wakes up on his own if I turn on or off the desk lamp, which is plugged in the same outlet as the iMac. Also, plugging my Palm Centro when the Mac is asleep often wakes it up (although I don't press the hotsync button, I only leave it there to charge...).
I too have a DA (733 MHz processor), which I got for free (it was about to be trashed...) along with a 17'' Apple Studio Display. It seems like a very nice machine, and I believe it will serve for many more years as my brother's computer (of course, I have to get its RAM upgraded, and maybe throw a USB 2.0 card into it...). I really can't believe someone would actually trash a perfectly working machine! :O MM On May 29, 6:53 pm, smac0031 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have weird stuff going on. > > I think there may be a short in my USB hub. Anyway, I put my Digital > Audio G4 to sleep and it wakes up. It will do it within a couple of > minutes and it got to the point where I sat at the computer and put it > to sleep just to see if it would stay asleep. > > Nope, it would wake up all on its own. > > Then I got PO'd and shut it down completely. > > Now, this is the weird part, that thing would power up on its own all > by itself with no action from me. > > After more investigating, I noticed that whenever it would wake up > there was a very faint electrical click sound coming from the area of > the hub and then the computer would wake up. > > I discovered that sometimes I could get the computer to wake up just > by futzing around with the hub. I couldn't do it every time. I got the > computer to wake up just by closing the hatch on the side. All the > electrical connections look like they're tight. > > I can also get the computer to wake up by kicking the desk, or by > slamming the lid on the toilet which is in the next room. > > I'm thinking the problem is in the hub. > > Several years ago with a previous USB hub I could get this computer to > reboot just by messing with the connections at the hub. > > For some reason I was having troubles with hardware issues that I > couldn't figure out. Finally, it seemed that the PRAM battery had died > so I replaced it. I am not completely sure, but I am fairly certain > that the original PRAM battery was installed backwards. The current > PRAM battery is in properly seated. > > I bought this computer used. It's a really good computer even though > it is ten or eleven years out of date. > > PS. I can't find my damn F3 key. My shop vac ate it and I sifted > through the stuff twice and got dust in my lungs. Yuck! > Is there a place where I can get a replacement F3 key? Or do I need a > new keyboard? I never have used my F3 key, my keyboard just looks > bucktoothed. > > Smac003 -- 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
