Hi Rob Yep, both my current 17" MBP and previous 17" Powerbook (I think that's what it was called?) suffered from similar wake issues. I've never (or rarely) needed to power down to bring the screen back to life, but I have needed to hit keys more than once, or close and re-open the lid. I've tended to just live with the waking issues, though if I had to power down each time I think that'd inspire me to action.
Things seem okay these days, albeit my MBP is currently in for hard disk replacement following failure of a replacement about after only 2 months, this on the back of two logic board replacements since purchase, as well as a battery exchange due to faulty swelling battery. Fortunately all this still within the extended warranty period. During its warranty covered 3-year life, my previous Powerbook went through an entire screen replacement, hard disk replacement, speaker replacement, and aircard replacement. I'm probably someone who'd be categorised as a heavy user, in terms of time the machine is in use, but I'd be significantly poorer if I hadn't taken out an extra couple of years warranty in each case. Cheers, Steven On 14/05/2010, at 8:25 AM, Rob Phillips wrote: > > The trouble I regularly have with my 17" MacBook Pro is that when I put it to > sleep by closing the lid, it often (but not always) will not wake from sleep. > The screen stays black even though it still seems to be operating. I have > to hold down the power button for 10 secs and then it shuts down. > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > Rob > > On 14/05/10 12:09 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >> On 14/05/2010, at 11:40 AM, mince and pud wrote: >> >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> We've had six macs between us now, 3 still current, and not one has ever >>> done what we asked as regards sleep. They don't sleep when they should, >>> doze off when they shouldn't, refuse to wake.... My G5 is usually ok after >>> a restart for a few days, sleeping after 15 mins, then it forgets and stays >>> awake the whole time. Then a few minutes ago (the last straw that made me >>> write this) I was typing and it went to sleep - no sign of the screen >>> sleeping first as per settings. >>> >>> Not a huge deal but it would be nice if things just worked - any >>> experiences? >>> >> Hi Alastair, >> >> Well, I've had a lot of Macs and have never experienced any 'Sleep Issues'. >> All my Macs have gone to sleep when I have either set Energy Preferences or >> closed the lid (on Laptops), or used the Menu to Sleep the Mac. >> >> There are reasons why your Mac doesn't go to sleep or wakes at the set >> times. Have you had a read here? >> >> Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode: >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale=en_US> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
