Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MBP won't sleep since last Lion update

M

motoracer1486

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Sep 26, 2006
519
4
Previously, anytime I would close the lid of the laptop it would put the computer to sleep mode. Now, when I return to my laptop, the computer is warm (sometimes extremely hot with fans on max speed), so obviously it's not going to sleep. Any ideas? I did the pram reset and it didn't do anything. I've seen others here with the same problem but they all seem to be using external monitors - I'm just using the laptop screen.

Thanks for any help.
 
Finally figured it out (thanks google + macrumors).

The same day I updated Lion, I printed a document that never actually printed so it stayed in the print queue (even after restarting). Apparently this task makes the computer not go to sleep. So I cleared the print queue and now it appears that sleep mode is working again.

Here is the macrumors thread that helped me in case anyone else has this problem:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1108425/

Post #40 (thanks leftspin)
 
motoracer1486 said:
Finally figured it out (thanks google + macrumors).

The same day I updated Lion, I printed a document that never actually printed so it stayed in the print queue (even after restarting). Apparently this task makes the computer not go to sleep. So I cleared the print queue and now it appears that sleep mode is working again.

Here is the macrumors thread that helped me in case anyone else has this problem:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1108425/

Post #40 (thanks leftspin)
Click to expand...

..and thanks to you for coming back and updating your thread with the solution. This actually returns on google higher than the one you link to and if you hadn't come back we would have been left with the totally unhelpful post right above yours. Good job.
 
yes, thank you for updating your thread with a solution. but please add the [resolved] prefix to your thread. (you do this by editing your original post)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back