On Dec 2, 2010, at 9:29 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
Ok. So I ran disk utility, and left the machine unattended. It fell asleep after the verification came back OK. When I woke it up, it froze the same way it did before. I'm realizing that every time I ran the software update, the computer fell asleep at the end, and it froze when I woke it. So maybe it has a problem waking up?
I agree with others ... having a machine Sleep while something like a Software Update is in progress, is asking for trouble.
I usually stop everything I'm doing, and only do the update ... keeping it simple.
The other thing I thought of: I was told once it was a good idea to put the original video card in when doing a software update and/or re- installation of OS X. In my case, a Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz with a GeForce4 MX. Then, after all updates are complete and the machine is running acceptibly, replace the video card with any upgrade I had done (ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition).
Any PCI card is suspect of causing problems with waking from Sleep. Unless it states it supports Sleep ...
The only solution is to set the machine to Never Sleep. I think unused HDs can spin down safely IMO.
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