iMac 21.5" resuming from sleep delay?

[MattMJB0188]

Ok, so when I put my new iMac 21" to sleep for several hours it seems to lag when waking up. I have the maxed out 21" iMac with the 1TB fushion drive. I have it set that after 4 hours to prompt for a password. This is exactly what happens:

Computer is in sleep mode for several hours. I go ahead and wake it up and the password screen comes up. I go to type in my password and a gray screen then pops up for at least 30-40 seconds. I wait, then the password screen comes back.

Is this normal? I used time machine to transer over all my apps and data, but not settings. I also changed the login background.

My 2010 MBP didn't do this, but it wasn't running Mountain Lion.

 

[medi.freak]

I also noticed that it takes a couple seconds for my 27" to wake up if I haven't used it for several hours. Same with my Macbook Air. Never had a grey screen though?! It's an energy consumption thing, but 30-40 seconds seems a litle long if you ask me...

 

[MattMJB0188]

I also noticed that it takes a couple seconds for my 27" to wake up if I haven't used it for several hours. Same with my Macbook Air. Never had a grey screen though?! It's an energy consumption thing, but 30-40 seconds seems a litle long if you ask me...

Yeah. I'm going to keep an eye on it. If I put it in sleep mode for a little while then resume it, its fine. Maybe a clean install of Lion would help?

 

[medi.freak]

Yeah. I'm going to keep an eye on it. If I put it in sleep mode for a little while then resume it, its fine. Maybe a clean install of Lion would help?

Same here. It is normal that it takes longer to resume when it had been in sleep mode for >1h. What is not normal on the other hand is the long time until you can log in again.

How long do you see that grey screen?

 

[xkmxkmxlmx]

A 30-40 second delay is definitely not normal. You should consider doing a clean install or maybe having it looked at.

 

[WilliamG]

Agreed. That's not normal. Do you have any devices connected that could cause issues?

 

[xkmxkmxlmx]

Agreed. That's not normal. Do you have any devices connected that could cause issues?

Actually, that is a good idea. Unplug any printers, USB sticks, etc. Also try un-pairing whatever bluetooth stuff you have hooked up and try to pinpoint what might be causing it.

 

[MattMJB0188]

Resumed it from an 8 hr sleep and it turned right on it about 2 seconds. No gray screen weird. Hopefully it won't do it again or I'll call Apple.