4.1 Mac pro Shuts Down when put to sleep

[RoastingPig]

Hi my 2009 mac pro works fine until i put it to sleep manually, it will stay asleep for about two pulses of white light than a red light will blink inside and the mac pro will shut down.

Components:

1x - 640 gb hard drive

pcie slot 1 - nvidia gt120

pcie slot 2 - Boot Drive lycom adapter with 250gb pcie ssd from macbook pro "i think this is the culprit to my problem"

I had that same ssd boot drive in a different 5.1 mac pro 12 core and didn't have any sleep issues so Im hoping its not a power supply thing. Any ideas?

 

[666sheep]

Start with SMC reset.

 

[RoastingPig]

Start with SMC reset.

is the smc the shutdown, unplug power, wait 15 seconds, plug in, wait 5 seconds than boot up?

If so i just did that rite now and the sleep is still messed up.

 

[IowaLynn]

Hi my 2009 mac pro works fine until i put it to sleep manually, it will stay asleep for about two pulses of white light than a red light will blink inside and the mac pro will shut down.

Components:

1x - 640 gb hard drive

pcie slot 1 - nvidia gt120

pcie slot 2 - Boot Drive lycom adapter with 250gb pcie ssd from macbook pro "i think this is the culprit to my problem"

I had that same ssd boot drive in a different 5.1 mac pro 12 core and didn't have any sleep issues so Im hoping its not a power supply thing. Any ideas?

I have a Lycom and no, any and all Mac Pro models (2006-2012) from Leopard 10.5.x on are bootable and has native support, not via a card controller with firmware or driver. So that is one thing you can rule out having to test.

But as to why it shuts down when put to sleep.... when was the OS on the device first installed? ie, you haven't been carrying around the same OS and just upgraded over and over but started fresh with the OS you are running.

Would have said it sounds like a 2008 with those symptoms and behavior.

 

[RoastingPig]

I have a Lycom and no, any and all Mac Pro models (2006-2012) from Leopard 10.5.x on are bootable and has native support, not via a card controller with firmware or driver. So that is one thing you can rule out having to test.

But as to why it shuts down when put to sleep.... when was the OS on the device first installed? ie, you haven't been carrying around the same OS and just upgraded over and over but started fresh with the OS you are running.

Would have said it sounds like a 2008 with those symptoms and behavior.

This system was put together just a few days ago when i bought it...i did a fresh install of 10.2 and i had installed a gtx 980 with the latest driver from nvidia..card had real bad coil whine so i returned it..now i have the driver checked back to mac drivers and im using the stock gt120

 

[666sheep]

Check console logs for any weird messages. If there will be nothing suspicious, start to ruling components out one by one (RAM, HDD, GPU etc). Another known working machine would be helpful.

 

[RoastingPig]

Check console logs for any weird messages. If there will be nothing suspicious, start to ruling components out one by one (RAM, HDD, GPU etc). Another known working machine would be helpful.

so my system configured is:

2.66 quad core
3x4gb of mushkin 1066 ecc ram
boot drive lycom adapter with 2013 250gb macbook pro ssd
one 640gb oem wd black hdd
gt 120 oem

1st attempt sleep results: fail

2.66 quad core
1x 4gb owc official mac pro ram pulled from a working mac pro a week ago
boot drive lycom drive 250gb
one 640gb oem wd black hdd
gt 120 oem

2nd attempt sleep results: fail

same specs but removed lycom and installed yosemite 10.2 onto wd red 3tb drive for boot

3rd attempt sleep results: fail

here is a youtube video i just uploaded showing what is happening when i put the computer to sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQbnPZjbzBQ&feature=youtu.be


UPDATE..............

took out the gt120 for a gtx 980 and still no sleep...just the pulse light 2-3 times then the internal red light and boom, shutoff

reminder everything runs fine...i used the computer for 2 straight days on and i had no issues with the power supply acting weird or making any noises.

 

[RoastingPig]

Anyone think taking this to genius bar appoinment is a good idea? They mostly dont know jack outside of a iphone screen replacement.

 

[m4v3r1ck]

Did you check which red led was flashing?

 

[RoastingPig]

Did you check which red led was flashing?

the flash is blinding..i cannot see which led goes off

 

[m4v3r1ck]

4.1 Mac pro Shuts Down when put to sleep

the flash is blinding..i cannot see which led goes off

Can you get hold of some kind of foil to reduce the blinding led light into your eyes? Important is to check the number and/or position of the led.

Do you have the Apple Tech Guide for the MP 4.1 for trouble shooting the led when you are able to see wich one(s) fire up?

 

[RoastingPig]

so i checked the led that go off, its the top 2 led's rite under the sata connector number 1 they light up for 1 second then they turn off....any clue what that is?

 

[m4v3r1ck]

4.1 Mac pro Shuts Down when put to sleep

so i checked the led that go off, its the top 2 led's rite under the sata connector number 1 they light up for 1 second then they turn off....any clue what that is?

We need an absloutely clearer picture. Take a sharp picture and edit it by redusing the luminance of the leds by downgrading it with a simple photo editor!

Glad to help, but can't see anything on your posted picture so can't compare with the ATG for MP 4.1 (early 2009)

Cheers