Hi all - a new member here, and would like some advice on a problem.
I have a 24in iMac here (2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running OS X 10.6.1, bought refurbished from the Apple Store about a month ago. Apparently on a couple of occasions after putting it to sleep by pressing the power button the iMac has shut down and refused to switch on again. After switching it off then on at the wall, and then by pushing the power button does it come back on. This hasn't happened to me yet but it has to my wife who told me about it today.
She phoned the Apple store and was told that we should be using the Apple menu>Sleep to put the iMac to sleep, and if that doesn't work then reset the PMU by switching off the iMac and disconnecting for 15 seconds. I checked the Apple site and according to them using the power button is a legitimate way of putting the iMac to sleep (and I'm sure I read about it years ago in the Mac OS X Missing Manual). Also, even if we did inadvertently shut the iMac down it should power up again by pressing the power button, which leads me to think that something may be amiss.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? Any advice or info much appreciated.
I have a 24in iMac here (2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) running OS X 10.6.1, bought refurbished from the Apple Store about a month ago. Apparently on a couple of occasions after putting it to sleep by pressing the power button the iMac has shut down and refused to switch on again. After switching it off then on at the wall, and then by pushing the power button does it come back on. This hasn't happened to me yet but it has to my wife who told me about it today.
She phoned the Apple store and was told that we should be using the Apple menu>Sleep to put the iMac to sleep, and if that doesn't work then reset the PMU by switching off the iMac and disconnecting for 15 seconds. I checked the Apple site and according to them using the power button is a legitimate way of putting the iMac to sleep (and I'm sure I read about it years ago in the Mac OS X Missing Manual). Also, even if we did inadvertently shut the iMac down it should power up again by pressing the power button, which leads me to think that something may be amiss.
Has anyone else had a similar problem? Any advice or info much appreciated.