powerbook sleep/wakeup issue

Hey guys. My rev C 17" and my rev A that I sold both have this problem, as does my lady's 12" rev C PB. We use them mostly in clamshell mode, but sometimes they won't wake up. Like, I use it at work, unplug everything, get it home, and open it up, and nothing. It's running, but nothing on the screen. It won't go back to sleep when I close it, either. I have to hold the power button down until it shuts off.

It seems to have something to do with plugging in monitor/keyboard/mouse and unplugging them while the lid is down. It seems that Apple's had over a year to fix this issue and has failed to do so. I don't have the problem as much as I used to if I do things in a certain order, but I don't feel this should be necessary.

Does anyone else experience this problem? Any workarounds?

Steve

dotnina said:

I get this occasionally on my 15” PB. I always try the obvious first: turning up the brightness. If the screen doesn’t come on, I shut the lid and wait for the white pulsating sleep light to come on. After that, I open the lid – everything magically comes back to life. I have no idea what the issue is, but that fix has always worked for me.

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I've tried your suggestion before, and it worked. My girlfriend said hers never comes back even after 5 minutes. Next time it happens to me I'll time it and see.

I think you might be onto something -- it wakes up on the external monitor and thinks it doesn't need ot turn the LCD on.

Steve