Mac Mini wont sleep anymore

adamb100 · Dec 2, 2006, 09:14 AM

I have my PPC Mac Mini to sleep after an hour of inactivity. Well for the past couple of months it hasnt. I'm running the latest updates with Tiger but I just dunno what is causing the problem.

Eraserhead · Dec 2, 2006, 09:20 AM

Can you reduce the sleep time to one minute (and leave for 1 minute) to see what happens please?

adamb100 · Dec 2, 2006, 09:29 AM

The monitor goes dark but the mac is still awake.

Eraserhead · Dec 2, 2006, 09:48 AM

OK, try loading Activity Monitor (Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor), without doing anything else, and see what the CPU usage is. I'm thinking a background process could be running and using all your CPU so it isn't going to sleep.

On a similar note, did you install any software when this started, and have you installed any haxies? (e.g monitor spanning hack, Uno)

adamb100 · Dec 2, 2006, 09:53 AM

The CPU idle hangs around the 90's. Also I havent installed any haxies.

Eraserhead · Dec 2, 2006, 10:06 AM

Idle in the 90's sounds like it should be sleeping, an OS reinstall would probably solve it, (Archive and Install) but this is probably like using a hammer to squash an ant.

Dec 2, 2006, 09:14 AM	#1
adamb100 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin	Mac Mini wont sleep anymore I have my PPC Mac Mini to sleep after an hour of inactivity. Well for the past couple of months it hasnt. I'm running the latest updates with Tiger but I just dunno what is causing the problem. __________________ 1.5GHZ G4 Mac Mini 512 ddr 2700 ram, Radeon 9200 video card, Combo Drive, Bluetooth, Airport
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Dec 2, 2006, 09:29 AM	#3
adamb100 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin	The monitor goes dark but the mac is still awake. __________________ 1.5GHZ G4 Mac Mini 512 ddr 2700 ram, Radeon 9200 video card, Combo Drive, Bluetooth, Airport
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Dec 2, 2006, 09:53 AM	#5
adamb100 Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin	The CPU idle hangs around the 90's. Also I havent installed any haxies. __________________ 1.5GHZ G4 Mac Mini 512 ddr 2700 ram, Radeon 9200 video card, Combo Drive, Bluetooth, Airport
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Dec 2, 2006, 09:20 AM	#2
Eraserhead macrumors G4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK	Can you reduce the sleep time to one minute (and leave for 1 minute) to see what happens please?
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Dec 2, 2006, 09:48 AM	#4
Eraserhead macrumors G4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK	OK, try loading Activity Monitor (Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor), without doing anything else, and see what the CPU usage is. I'm thinking a background process could be running and using all your CPU so it isn't going to sleep. On a similar note, did you install any software when this started, and have you installed any haxies? (e.g monitor spanning hack, Uno)
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Dec 2, 2006, 10:06 AM	#6
Eraserhead macrumors G4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK	Idle in the 90's sounds like it should be sleeping, an OS reinstall would probably solve it, (Archive and Install) but this is probably like using a hammer to squash an ant.
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