Does the nMP sleep?

[Kingsly]

It's my first "solid state" mac, so I'm probably just in the dark about new ways of doing things, but does the nMP ever sleep?

There's no setting for sleep in energy saver and when I manually hit sleep in the apple menu the screen turns off but the cooling fan on the tower just keeps on going.

 

[TechGod]

It's my first "solid state" mac, so I'm probably just in the dark about new ways of doing things, but does the nMP ever sleep?

There's no setting for sleep in energy saver and when I manually hit sleep in the apple menu the screen turns off but the cooling fan on the tower just keeps on going.

Pretty sure it does. The only reason the fans keep going are to cool the CPU and GPU down after intense work.

 

[Kingsly]

Hmm. This morning when I checked the fan was still running...

I'm thinking maybe it "sleeps" the same way an iPad does?
Can someone else with a nMP put their computer down and see. My MP tower would never sleep (SMC issues?) and I'm hoping I didn't end up with two duds in a row!

 

[TechGod]

Hmm. This morning when I checked the fan was still running...

I'm thinking maybe it "sleeps" the same way an iPad does?
Can someone else with a nMP put their computer down and see. My MP tower would never sleep (SMC issues?) and I'm hoping I didn't end up with two duds in a row!

Odd. Might be defective? I've been told the nMP is very quiet.

 

[FrankHahn]

Mine sleeps. I have noticed that the fan was off when it was in sleep.

However, if you have setup the time machine, the nMP may wake up and do a backup for you and then go into sleep again if not disturbed.

 

[Kingsly]

Odd. Might be defective? I've been told the nMP is very quiet.

It's eerily quiet. I can't believe it's on sometimes unless I hold my hand over the exhaust vent.

Mine sleeps. I have noticed that the fan was off when it was in sleep.

However, if you have setup the time machine, the nMP may wake up and do a backup for you and then go into sleep again if not disturbed.

No time machine. It is hardwired to a NAS... maybe network activity prevents it from sleeping. I just found it odd that there was no setting in preferences (only a timer for display sleep) and that it seems to run even when I expressly tell it to sleep.

 

[GreenWater]

It's my first "solid state" mac, so I'm probably just in the dark about new ways of doing things, but does the nMP ever sleep?

There's no setting for sleep in energy saver and when I manually hit sleep in the apple menu the screen turns off but the cooling fan on the tower just keeps on going.

Mine lights up a few times during the night then goes dark.