I have a new dual 1.8 G5. When I put it to sleep the display will darken but the G5 does not sleep. It also does not obey the energy preference to sleep when idle for a certain amount of time.
I have tried the sleep command with all devices disconnected and run Apple hardware test (no fault found) with no success.
This G5 is a replacement for a unit that I returned as DOA - the previous G5 slept without any issue and no changes have been made to the system ( as in applications insalled, hardware added, etc).
I would really appreciate any suggestions.
G5 DP1.8, 2GB ram, 2xinternal HD, 10.3.5 and all other Apple updates installed.
In article 4177ba29$0$20129$afc38c87@redacted.invalid, Tryme trymeREMOVE@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have a new dual 1.8 G5. When I put it to sleep the display will darken but the G5 does not sleep. It also does not obey the energy preference to sleep when idle for a certain amount of time.
I have tried the sleep command with all devices disconnected and run Apple hardware test (no fault found) with no success.
This G5 is a replacement for a unit that I returned as DOA - the previous G5 slept without any issue and no changes have been made to the system ( as in applications insalled, hardware added, etc).
I would really appreciate any suggestions.
G5 DP1.8, 2GB ram, 2xinternal HD, 10.3.5 and all other Apple updates installed.
Two notions spring to mind:
There may be something legitimately wrong with the machine. A reset of the PMU may resolve what is, essentially, a power-management issue. Check Apple's support pages for more info.
It's possible for software or hardware to disable that behavior, sometimes even without intent. You may want to take a peek at any background processes you've got running.
As a simple experiment, try to confirm whether the insomnia persists even if you're not logged in.
G
On 2004-10-22 11:36:54 +1000, Gregory Weston uce@redacted.invalid said:
In article 4177ba29$0$20129$afc38c87@redacted.invalid, Tryme trymeREMOVE@redacted.invalid wrote:
I have a new dual 1.8 G5. When I put it to sleep the display will darken but the G5 does not sleep. It also does not obey the energy preference to sleep when idle for a certain amount of time.
I have tried the sleep command with all devices disconnected and run Apple hardware test (no fault found) with no success.
This G5 is a replacement for a unit that I returned as DOA - the previous G5 slept without any issue and no changes have been made to the system ( as in applications insalled, hardware added, etc).
I would really appreciate any suggestions.
G5 DP1.8, 2GB ram, 2xinternal HD, 10.3.5 and all other Apple updates installed.
Two notions spring to mind:
There may be something legitimately wrong with the machine. A reset of the PMU may resolve what is, essentially, a power-management issue. Check Apple's support pages for more info.
It's possible for software or hardware to disable that behavior, sometimes even without intent. You may want to take a peek at any background processes you've got running.
As a simple experiment, try to confirm whether the insomnia persists even if you're not logged in.
G
Ok, I found the problem, I have a Sonnet Allegro FW800 PCI card installed - as soon as I removed it the G5 sleeps as it should.
I have searched the Sonnet site and also the Apple support forums to try to find a resolve without success - can somone assist with a suggestion to allow the G5 to sleep withg a PCI card installed?
Thanks in advance for assistance.