Sleep light blinking slow

[Razorhog]

This may be a stupid question, but when I first got my iMac, it seems like the sleep light blinked faster than it does now. Is this normal? I remember thinking that it looked like it was breathing....now it blinks so slow I'm afraid she's gonna suffocate

 

[2nyRiggz]

Are you having problems with the computer waking up from sleep...if not then it might be your mind playing those tricks



Bless

 

[Razorhog]

Nope, doesn't seem to have a problem waking up. It probably is my mind playing tricks, I just thought that the rate of pulse of the sleep light might mean something. Thanks

 

[®îçhå®?]

you probably can download an app to speed it up but does it really matter??

 

[lom8104]

my pb's light has become completely random: blinking, pulsing, and staying on! I guess this would be a hardware issue? Do you think applecare would cover it?

 

[Unorthodox]

my pb's light has become completely random: blinking, pulsing, and staying on! I guess this would be a hardware issue? Do you think applecare would cover it?

I doubt it.
They'll probable just laugh at you.

 

[Razorhog]

If this is not indicative of a problem with the system, I don't care.

 

[ITASOR]

my pb's light has become completely random: blinking, pulsing, and staying on! I guess this would be a hardware issue? Do you think applecare would cover it?

I would say yes, I bet they'll cover it.

 

[Razorhog]

I think this explains some of my strange sleep light behavior:

The behavior of the 'sleep light' seems to cover more modes than just sleep. If the screen blacks out while the machine is still running (as determined by the Energy Saver control) then the light comes on solid without the pulsing. I assume that's to notify the user that the machine is still on (which isn't obvious if the fans or hard disk aren't spinning).

 

[Razorhog]

The iMac will not sleep automatically. If I choose sleep from the apple menu it seems to work fine. Does this look right? I have it set to sleep in one minute.

Last login: Wed Oct 18 23:04:20 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
$ pmset -g
Active Profiles:
UPS Power -1
AC Power -1*
Currently in use:
womp 1
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
powerbutton 1
sleep 1
autorestart 0
halfdim 1
hibernatemode 0
disksleep 10
displaysleep 1

 

[fivetoadsloth]

hm. id guess it hasnt really slowed up and it is just your eyes but im not sure. I doubt it is a problem though.

 

[Counterfit]

Maybe your iMac has sleep apnea.

 

[Razorhog]

I think this is definitely a problem, and apparently lots of people are experiencing the same thing. No real answers yet, and I've done a lot of searching and experimenting.