Dual 2.5 G5 Won't Sleep Automatically

Moof1904 · Oct 13, 2005, 01:19 PM

My G5 has suddenly stopped going to sleep after the elapsed time that I have set in the Energy Saver control panel. It used to function perfectly. There's nothing running that would interfere (that I know of), yet it suddenly has insomnia. I've reset the Energy Saver settings (using the Restore Defaults button) and then returned them to the previous settings, to no avail.

Any ideas?

eva01 · Oct 13, 2005, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Moof1904

My G5 has suddenly stopped going to sleep after the elapsed time that I have set in the Energy Saver control panel. It used to function perfectly. There's nothing running that would interfere (that I know of), yet it suddenly has insomnia. I've reset the Energy Saver settings (using the Restore Defaults button) and then returned them to the previous settings, to no avail.

Any ideas?

can you force it to go to sleep? by going to the apple and then going to sleep.

Moof1904 · Oct 13, 2005, 01:57 PM

Yes, manually telling it to sleep works just fine. It simply refuses to do so automatically.

Kernow · Oct 13, 2005, 04:00 PM

Weird - my dual 2GHz G5 has started to do exactly the same thing.

I just installed wireless broadband, and have Mail checking every 5 mins, so possibly it is that. I have got into the habit of manually sleeping it instead now.

pdpfilms · Oct 13, 2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moof1904

My G5 has suddenly stopped going to sleep after the elapsed time that I have set in the Energy Saver control panel. It used to function perfectly. There's nothing running that would interfere (that I know of), yet it suddenly has insomnia. I've reset the Energy Saver settings (using the Restore Defaults button) and then returned them to the previous settings, to no avail.

Any ideas?

Have you installed any new hardware? (Hard drives, PCI cards, video cards, etc)

Dave00 · Oct 13, 2005, 04:34 PM

My iMac G5 won't sleep either, unless told to do so. Maybe it's because it's on "opimize for performance", but there's still the setting to tell it to go to sleep after X amount of time, and it never does.

Dave

Cooknn · Oct 13, 2005, 05:01 PM

I've given up on Sleep. Either my LaCie or my HP Printer keeps waking it up and I don't feel like turning them off everytime I am done working on my Mac. I just turn off the monitor now...

Oct 13, 2005, 01:19 PM	#1
Moof1904 macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2004	Dual 2.5 G5 Won't Sleep Automatically My G5 has suddenly stopped going to sleep after the elapsed time that I have set in the Energy Saver control panel. It used to function perfectly. There's nothing running that would interfere (that I know of), yet it suddenly has insomnia. I've reset the Energy Saver settings (using the Restore Defaults button) and then returned them to the previous settings, to no avail. Any ideas?
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Oct 13, 2005, 04:00 PM	#4
Kernow macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames	Weird - my dual 2GHz G5 has started to do exactly the same thing. I just installed wireless broadband, and have Mail checking every 5 mins, so possibly it is that. I have got into the habit of manually sleeping it instead now. __________________ Bring on the trumpets!
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Oct 13, 2005, 01:57 PM	#3
Moof1904 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2004	Yes, manually telling it to sleep works just fine. It simply refuses to do so automatically.
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Oct 13, 2005, 04:34 PM	#6
Dave00 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pittsburgh	My iMac G5 won't sleep either, unless told to do so. Maybe it's because it's on "opimize for performance", but there's still the setting to tell it to go to sleep after X amount of time, and it never does. Dave
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Cooknn macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fort Myers, FL	I've given up on Sleep. Either my LaCie or my HP Printer keeps waking it up and I don't feel like turning them off everytime I am done working on my Mac. I just turn off the monitor now...
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