On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:10 AM, No No <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Diane: > > One, I assume you have set the energy control panel to never sleep, closed > Preferences, open Preferences, reset sleep setting. This can over write > bad preference settings. You can also find the energy control panel > settings cache (with other personal account cached settings in "your > account name/Library/Caches/com.apple.**preferencepanes.cache") and > delete them. Preferences need to be reentered. > > Two, PRAM (Apple key, Option key, P, R at the same time on computer start > from computer off) and Power Manager reset. PMU reset proceeds as: Turn > computer off, wait ten seconds, pull plug, pull ALL wires from computer, > open case, find small Surface Mount Device (SMU) button labeled PMU on > motherboard next to two ATA cable attachments to motherboard. Leave > battery in motherboard. Wait five minutes or so. Press button ONCE firmly > and release immediately, same as when you use the power button to start the > computer. Attach power cable, keyboard, video. Start. If the computer > will not start, repeat PMU reset procedure, but try to press the button > more quickly. You may need to reset PRAM after this to get complete start. > > You can also try to find the procedure on the web, but I didn't find any > specific for the MDD. What I have given you worked for my MDD. > > > Hi Bob, I had not done any of what you suggested, as it's always been like this. But it was pretty good for over a month, except if I left it with the dashboard up and running - maybe my radar widget prevents it from sleeping. After I got your reply, I did try setting it to never, exiting, and resetting it. Repaired permissions. Eventually it would sleep again. I lost power for a few minutes one day last week and it has not gone to sleep since <sigh> So now I will step through the rest of your suggestions. Again, this machine has always behaved like this since I got it 10 years ago. As a matter of fact, if you had asked me I would have said I *don't* have sleep turned on as it just never went to sleep at all. When it did in December, I feared my PS was going again as that's what used to happen, I'd leave it on overnight and it would be off in the morning due to the failing PS. The only way to get it back on then was to unplug it and hit the power button. This time it really was sleeping, and I kind of liked it! Hopefully it will kick itself back in again. Thanks! -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
