Wake up Macbook

[beardymouse]

I have a 2.4ghz 4GB Alu Macbook. I put it to sleep by putting down the lid but when I lift the lid again it won't wake up.

I hear the HDD whirring so it is obviously doing something, I just get a black screen though and end up having to force it to shut down.

Any reason why it does this? Anyone else got the same problem and/or remedies?

 

[shady825]

Have you restarted lately? has it always done this?

People will probably need more info to help with your problem..

 

[cellocello]

Hmm, can't say I've ever had this.

Have you tried checking out Apple's Support site?

 

[beardymouse]

Have you restarted lately? has it always done this?

People will probably need more info to help with your problem..

Yeah I restart every day or two.

What more info do you need? I'm a relatively heavy user (multiple apps, no games), it's all fully updated. I lift up the lid again and I just get a black screen.

 

[MackBook]

Sounds like one of the sensors is messed up. You should take it to the apple store near by.

Mack

 

[misterredman]

Yeah I restart every day or two.

What more info do you need? I'm a relatively heavy user (multiple apps, no games), it's all fully updated. I lift up the lid again and I just get a black screen.

Check the console to see why it doesn't wake up properly.

 

[chill.]

the aluminum macbooks have known sleeping issues, there was a firmware update that addressed this released maybe 2 weeks ago, make sure you have that updated

i've experienced sleep problems where my macbook would sleep but not deep sleep/hibernate. when i put it away in my backpack, it would overheat and would not turn on, so i had to force shutdown. to address this, i downloaded a program called "deep sleep" that made the macbook hibernate whenever the lid was closed