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From: 'John Carmonne' via G-Group <[email protected]>
Subject: PowerMac G5 sleep issue
My G5 PowerMac (latest generation) would not auto deep-sleep (worked fine when
done by hand) and that can cost a good chunk of money in electricity (~$100 a
year as it idles around 130W, deep-sleeps at about 1/7th of this); turns out
that the problem was introduced in 10.5.7 and not fixed in 10.5.8. It is
probably a coincidence that the Energy Saver icon was an Edison bulb in 10.5.6,
but moved to a CFL in 10.5.7. Earlier G5 PowerMac generations don't seem to
suffer this fate, so this may not be of concern to Cube users.
[snip]
* Using another model DVD drive (Apple System Profiler lists the problem drive
as: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B)
is all it took to resolve this issue. I tried an NEC 2100AD from another
machine I had, and read that an LG GH22NP20 also solves the problem, and hope
to try the Apple branded SONY DW-Q28A soon.
Makes one wonder about the wisdom of keeping old equipment running; $100 a year
in electricity can soon add up to a new machine. Can't complain that life is
not keeping me occupied.
Maybe we could start a list of Good and Bad drives with respect to this issue.
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My Reply:
Not sure when the latest generation of G5's begins but I have a dual 2.5 Ghz
PowerMac G5 (June 2004), Machine Model PowerMac7,3.
It has a Pioneer DVR-117D rev B705 and does not have the sleep problems you
describe. --glen
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