Powerbook turns on by itself.

[Simurgh]

My Powerbook is a couple of months old, and this issue developed near the end of last week.
It is not connected to AC power, and I don't have any Bluetooth devices connected to it. It will just turn on by itself, even when closed.
I noticed it on for a couple days in a row when I came into work, but I never actually saw/heard it turn on myself until yesterday.
After searching around online, the only solution I found mentioned was zapping the PRAM, and that didn't solve the problem.

Any ideas?

 

[hotwire132002]

My Powerbook is a couple of months old, and this issue developed near the end of last week.
It is not connected to AC power, and I don't have any Bluetooth devices connected to it. It will just turn on by itself, even when closed.
I noticed it on for a couple days in a row when I came into work, but I never actually saw/heard it turn on myself until yesterday.
After searching around online, the only solution I found mentioned was zapping the PRAM, and that didn't solve the problem.

Any ideas?

Try going into the Energy Saver panel in System Preferences. Hit the Schedule button at the bottom of the window... Is the "start up or wake" checkbox checked?

That's my first thought at what the problem might be.

Hope that helps!

 

[discoforce]

Are you saying the computer is off and turns itself on, or it wakes from sleep by itself?

 

[sarge]

Same Problem

I have been having the same problem for a few weeks now. I have a g4powerbook running panther that has been waking in the middle of the night. Yesterday, it tried to power up numerous times right after I put it to sleep. It didn't not do this before I hooked up a 3rd external hd. I tried re-configuring them but it did not seem to help. Anyone think a wacom tablet or hd could be the cause?

 

[mklos]

If you go to Energy Saver in the System Preferences, click on the Options Tab and make sure all the Wake options are unchecked. I believe they are by default and are not necessary to be enabled.

If that doesn't work, do you have any external devices plugged into it, like a FW HD, USB mouse, etc? Any one of those devices can wake a computer out of a sleep.

 

[sarge]

Wake Options

If you go to Energy Saver in the System Preferences, click on the Options Tab and make sure all the Wake options are unchecked. I believe they are by default and are not necessary to be enabled.

Yea, those wake options were all checked. I'll uncheck them and see if that makes a difference...