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MacBook Pro Won't Wake from Sleep

iBookG4user said:
I was having this issue (as stated in my previous post in this thread), I called AppleCare regarding it and they told me to do an erase and install. After the erase and install, I used the computer over the weekend and the issue was still prevalent over that course of time. So after another call to Apple they replaced my computer and I got a new Penryn MacBook Pro. For now I'm a happy camper :)
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WOW! That seems almost too easy!
I've had one SR MBP replaced already... due to pixel issues. The last few times I've put my MBP to sleep it seems to be ok, but if it re-surfaces again replacying it with a Penryn would be cool - if for nothing else than to get the 200GB hard drive and the 256MB vid card. I had to pay extra to upgrade my hdd to 160GB!

BTW - I did the PRM reset (power off, remove batt, hold down power button) and so far it has not frozen. We'll see if that continues... stay tuned.
 
GirthP said:
I recently changed my sleep mode back to normal, and put a new 320GB drive in my MBP, restored from time machine, downloaded the updates...

Now it works fine. So weird.

Well, I'm happy about it, but it's like an electrical problem in one's car. If it isn't happening, you can't figure out the problem.

:D:apple:
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No kidding - I hate those kind of gremlins. Especially when the dealer charges you a couple hundred bucks and says "well we changed this part or that part, did this and that, and it doesn't seem to be doing it now." Till you drive home... and it acts up again. Dealers answer? "could not reproduce problem" :mad:

My MBP sleep issue hasn't surfaced for a couple days... maybe it's "fixed itself?" Or maybe the PRM reset worked... time will tell.
 
MacMedic said:
WOW! That seems almost too easy!
I've had one SR MBP replaced already... due to pixel issues. The last few times I've put my MBP to sleep it seems to be ok, but if it re-surfaces again replacying it with a Penryn would be cool - if for nothing else than to get the 200GB hard drive and the 256MB vid card. I had to pay extra to upgrade my hdd to 160GB!

BTW - I did the PRM reset (power off, remove batt, hold down power button) and so far it has not frozen. We'll see if that continues... stay tuned.
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ya i have the same comp as you and it does it for me. im doing the erase and install this weekend and if it does it again which i have already gone to the apple store, you think i should call the apple care and then wait a couple days, and call again?

it happened to me today twice, especially when i needed it:(
soooooo asodfjeowijfiweo
 
hexonxonx said:
I have had this problem twice now in the one week I have been using Leopard on my 7 month old MBP.

Both times, I closed the lid and waited for it to sleep once again. I opened up the lid and the MBP woke up after this. At least I didn't have to lose anything I had open.
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Basically mine forgets to wake up after a long sleep, but if I close the lid to resleep and open it, it works again.
 
Its been happening to me too as well. Two things I did and it seems to have fixed:
1) I did NOT install the Leopard Graphics update 1.0
2) I STOPPED using iStat Pro widget.

At first I tried it without the Leopard Gaphics update but it was happening intermittently. After removing iStat pro, it has yet to happen.

Hope that helps.
 
dopey220 said:
Well, I uninstalled iStat Pro and it seems to have fixed it. However, the problem is now I don't have iStat Pro anymore. I'll need to find another widget of the same type. Maybe iStat nano?
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I recommend iStat menu which sits on your menu bar and you get to select the detail you need to see. In some areas not quite as good as iStat pro but I find it sufficient.
 
Not only does my MBPs display not wake up sometimes, I'll put it back to sleep and then wake it up again. This time, it wakes up but then the pointer is all jerky like it's a graphics problem.

This happened before and after I installed the graphics update because I didn't install that update until yesterday. I'm gonna try removing iStat now. :mad:
 
benlangdon said:
ya i have the same comp as you and it does it for me. im doing the erase and install this weekend and if it does it again which i have already gone to the apple store, you think i should call the apple care and then wait a couple days, and call again?

it happened to me today twice, especially when i needed it:(
soooooo asodfjeowijfiweo
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Looking forward to hearing how your erase / reinstall goes... be sure to post your results!
 
DaLurker said:
Its been happening to me too as well. Two things I did and it seems to have fixed:
1) I did NOT install the Leopard Graphics update 1.0
2) I STOPPED using iStat Pro widget.

At first I tried it without the Leopard Gaphics update but it was happening intermittently. After removing iStat pro, it has yet to happen.

Hope that helps.
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Interesting - would like to know if this solution continues to work. Sometimes mine wakes fine for a day or two (or even 3), then hangs again. Still seems to be the issue of the display not coming to life. It's pretty obvious that the desktop is back there, because I can type my password, hit enter, then power button once, then enter... and voila - it shuts down. So the computer is awake, but it's almost as if it is trying to send the video to a different display - or as if it is stuck on minimum brightness. Unfortunately F2 does nothing to bring it back. I just purchased my applecare... am waiting for that to arrive and then activate it before I call Apple again. It might be all in my head, but applecare members seem to get better phone service from Apple...
A solution from Apple in the meantime would be nice... :rolleyes:
 
hexonxonx said:
Not only does my MBPs display not wake up sometimes, I'll put it back to sleep and then wake it up again. This time, it wakes up but then the pointer is all jerky like it's a graphics problem.

This happened before and after I installed the graphics update because I didn't install that update until yesterday. I'm gonna try removing iStat now. :mad:
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This is getting ridiculous; it's happening to me on an almost every-other-day basis. Eventually, when it does decide to wake itself up from deep sleep, the mouse is so hyper sensitive that I end up having to reboot the entire system.

Unfortunately, I'm missing my old PB even more. At least that never happened to me (and I used iStat Pro too)
 
hexonxonx said:
This time, it wakes up but then the pointer is all jerky like it's a graphics problem.
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that happened to me once to.

today some kid came up to me and complemented me on my mbp he had one too, so i asked him if the screen has ever turned black when waking up from sleep, and he said yes.

this is somewhat of a big deal now.
i mean we are at 111 posts and a lot of people have this problem.

lets start a list with anyone who has this problem
( and if you had it, put your name and write what you did to make it not do it again, write it next to your name)

1.{For OP}
2. Ben Langdon
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iBookG4user said:
I was having this issue (as stated in my previous post in this thread), I called AppleCare regarding it and they told me to do an erase and install. After the erase and install, I used the computer over the weekend and the issue was still prevalent over that course of time. So after another call to Apple they replaced my computer and I got a new Penryn MacBook Pro. For now I'm a happy camper :)
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Quick question: what was wrong with your original macbook?

Because I just got off the phone with Apple and they refused to send me a new Penryn. They wanted me to part ways with my computer (which is vital for school) for 3 weeks.
 
alansmallen said:
Quick question: what was wrong with your original macbook?

Because I just got off the phone with Apple and they refused to send me a new Penryn. They wanted me to part ways with my computer (which is vital for school) for 3 weeks.
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3 weeks?? that's ridiculous :eek:
 
mrwizardno2 said:
So far the only thing I've done is disable all my dashboard widgets... and no more sleep problems.

This is stupid!
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We shouldn't have to do all this stuff, especially something that is a convenience that Macs allow us, just so that our computers will wake from sleep. They should be doing this on their own; we shouldn't have to give up things in order for it to work.

When is Apple going to address this?

I'm such a pushover. I feel like I'm going to take it to the Apple store next week and they're just going to be like, "Welp, try this and this and this and this" and I'll just eventually give up because it's a headache.
 
forafireescape said:
We shouldn't have to do all this stuff, especially something that is a convenience that Macs allow us, just so that our computers will wake from sleep. They should be doing this on their own; we shouldn't have to give up things in order for it to work.

When is Apple going to address this?

I'm such a pushover. I feel like I'm going to take it to the Apple store next week and they're just going to be like, "Welp, try this and this and this and this" and I'll just eventually give up because it's a headache.
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the product specialist i spoke to on the phone said that is it a known issue and that they "are working for a solution....soon"
 
alansmallen said:
Quick question: what was wrong with your original macbook?

Because I just got off the phone with Apple and they refused to send me a new Penryn. They wanted me to part ways with my computer (which is vital for school) for 3 weeks.
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I had upwards of 10 issues, and The penryn MacBook Pro was not just a replacement, it was a replacement for a replacement. The first MacBook Pro went in for repair twice, the second taking 3 times as long as they stated it should (just shy of a month) and it came back in very bad condition with dents and numerous scratches. I had about the same amount of issues with the second MacBook Pro, a santa rosa one, so they decided to give me a replacement. My MacBook Pro is also vital for school and also work.
 
I reset the P-RAM as someone suggested in an earlier post. So far it seems to have worked, except once. I don't know if anything was different that one time. But I would recommend trying it.
 
Dobiewonkanobie said:
I reset the P-RAM as someone suggested in an earlier post. So far it seems to have worked, except once. I don't know if anything was different that one time. But I would recommend trying it.
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Unfortunately that fixes nothing. It worked like once.
 
jerky mouse

So - now mine has slept for an extended period, waken several times properly, but now I have that mouse thing. Actually it's just slow to respond with everything. Typing is slow to respond and the mouse hops across the screen instead of moving smoothly. It's acting like a very low memory problem. EDIT - slept & woke it again, that time it was completely unusable. Mouse would hardly move at all, move the wrong way... No USB plugged in, just the MBP all by itself. I don't know if this is a different issue, (unrelated memory leak or processor slow-down) or if it's related to the sleep issue. It seems to surface for people after waking from sleep though, and it is REALLY ANNOYING.
I will definitely be calling Applecare once I get mine activated. If this MBP has two unrelated issues, I'd kinda like it to be replaced. END EDIT

As for the waking, I've tried most of the solutions everyone else has tried, except for the re-install, and have only mixed success. It still seems to be that anytime the wake process is interrupted in any way, (usb activity, lid re-closes before fully awake... yada yada) the screen stays black. This thing with the mouse and typing now is really annoying - I have to reboot to fix it.
Hopefully Apple comes up with a fix that works soon!
 
Solutions??

What happened - did everyone suddenly find a solution? Posts have suddenly dried up - I know the issue is pretty hashed to death and well documented, maybe it's clearing up?:confused:
I know as long as I'm careful how I sleep and wake my MBP it seems to be ok. I've heard of similar problems on other macs with Leopard, I am considering a re-install, but back to Tiger - might not even put Leopard back on until it's a bit more mature.
:(
 
Careful Sleep?

MacMedic said:
What happened - did everyone suddenly find a solution? Posts have suddenly dried up - I know the issue is pretty hashed to death and well documented, maybe it's clearing up?:confused:
I know as long as I'm careful how I sleep and wake my MBP it seems to be ok. I've heard of similar problems on other macs with Leopard, I am considering a re-install, but back to Tiger - might not even put Leopard back on until it's a bit more mature.
:(
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Wow, this is a huge problem but I'm glad to see I've got company. What do you do that's "careful" that makes it ok? I seemed to have better luck if I put my MBP to sleep from the menu and then I can wake it without the blank screen. However if the MBP sleeps overnight I still have the same problem.

All other techniques suggested here have not helped. Mac better get busy with that fix. :mad:
 
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