Auto Sleep broken by ATI Firmware update?

Since the ATI firmware update for my Alum 24" iMac 2.4 GHz, the auto sleep function is no longer working. I can sleep the computer manually via the apple menu, but the auto sleep controlled from the energy saver panel in system preferences never seems to kick in.
I tried trashing the plist for energy management. Tried un-checking "wake when modem detects a ring", "wake for Ethernet administrator access" boxes, but no dice.
Is anyone else out there facing a similar issue, or have a solution?

By retracing my steps, I began removing items that had been added before the restart which was required by the firmware update. There was a widget from appleinsider.com that I deleted, and auto sleep now functions normally. Curiously, the same widget is on my iBook G4 running Leopard 10.5.1 with no conflicts.
I think the key is that whatever request the widget was making was preventing the autosleep, and that it had not developed into a problem until after the restart following the update.
If others are having an issue, don't forget to check your widgets.

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Sleep problems (even after firmware update)

Hello
Previously I was having problems where I would put my Macbook to sleep only to find it an hour later in my bag blazing hot with the fan working overtime.
The recent firmware update seems to have fixed that problem but it's been replaced by another. What happens now is when I get home and retrieve the Macbook from my bag and open the lid the hard disk makes it's familiar waking up sound but the screen doesn't come back on - and I'm not really sure if the computer has woken up or not - sounds like things are happening inside the metal but no beeps or burps when I randomly press keys / try to make things happen.
In the end I'm forced to hold down the start up button and force a shut down.
Anyone else having this? This doesn't seem to happen when I wake from sleep at any other time than when I take the computer from work to home which makes me think it's something to do with maybe my Bluetooth mouse or wireless network?
This is really frustrating and I'm sure forcing a shut down isn't doing my HD any favors.
Can anyone help?
Cheers
Dom

I forgot to mention, DenverEagle, some more details.
My iMac would do the same thing: if it went to sleep, it either just shut down, or restarted, instead. If I turned off sleep, all was OK (for awhile. Eventually it had an episode where I turned it off and it would not start back up. Eventually, it did start back up [after about a day's rest]. That was when I took it in).
So it might be the same problem I had.
The software steps I was told to do, in attempt to resolve it, were:
1) Delete my power settings preferences file, and;
2) Reset the SMU, and;
3) Reset the PRAM/NVRAM.
None helped, but they're easy, so you might try them. I don't think I they have any nasty side effects, but buyer beware.
I'm a little hazy on #1, and I can't find the tip online, but I think it just involved deleting the file:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
Number 2 is outlined here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301733
Number 3 is outlined here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
I took my iMac to the Cherry Creek Apple store, and they fixed it really fast (it was 4 days, including a weekend, IIRC).
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No, Energy Saver prefs have no effect on external drives.
CHUD is a simple GUI interface that lets you set the interval that each disk is pinged. It will keep the disk spinning but that's not always desireable, especially if the disk tends to run hot.
I used CHUD when I was having an issue with some chained FW disks and it did keep it spinning, although I feared more for the disk than the chain. It didn't really solve my issue, so I found another workaround. Hard disks spin down after about 15 minutes of inactivity for a reason.

Freezing Imacs: Firmware Update 1.0

Could this be the cure?

I found out about the update from the MacUser RSS feed. In fact, I was the anonymous user the author referred to in his piece:
Yesterday, in my "Apple bombs the Mac" post, an anonymous commenter opined:
+Wonderful. Now how about them putting some of their resources towards coming up with an improved iMac video driver to stop all of the **** freezing/blue screen/black screen issues we're having?+
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Anyway, I ran Software Update and the ATI firmware update didn't show up. According to Apple, if your machine needs it, it will show up there. They also said that if you download it yourself and try to install it (and it doesn't need it), the install will come back with an error message.
Well, having nothing to lose (I've been dealing with this s--t since I bought the computer), I downloaded the firmware update anyway and installed it.
No error message. It installed fine.
I've been testing the computer, running every graphics-intensive program flat-out and it hasn't frozen yet. FrontRow. iTunes with visualizer at the same time as I made a movie in iPhoto. iTunes with visualizer at the same time as Medal of Honor on its highest settings. Basically I loaded up everything I could, including Activity Monitor, and so far it's going well.
The irony is that this morning the computer froze when I first turned it on, and that was the last straw. I spent all afternoon on the phone with AppleCare and finally got a Return Merchandise Authorization, and NOW they come out with a fix.
Even with this "fix", though, I'm probably going to return the machine. And those of you who are unsure about whether or not to do a return, let me tell you why I'm going to.
When I was on the phone with the Customer Service guy (the TOP of the AppleCare hierarchy; first, basic rep; then, Product Specialist; then, Sr. Product Specialist; THEN the Customer Service people who can actually authorize returns), he told me something interesting. I said that I wanted to make sure I didn't encounter the same problems with a new machine and asked him if people with new machines seemed to be satisfied.
He said, "Yeah, cause they're getting the ones with the new [graphics] cards in them."
"So there were a few bad cards," I said, playing dumb.
"Yeah," he said. "But you won't have any problems now. What I hear, they pulled them."
I'm not saying the above is gospel. All I'm telling you is what I heard from the Customer Service person setting up my return authorization.
The sense I'm getting from all of this is that they know there are a number of machines out there with bad cards, and the reason why the firmware update doesn't install on all machines is that it somehow tests the card first to see if it's faulty. If it is, it does the firmware update, maybe deactivating part of the card or creating a workaround. Otherwise, why wouldn't the update be mandatory for all computers with that graphics card? It's very fishy to me. I'm going to assume that the update merely put a patch on an otherwise bad card and press forward with the return.
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I had real trouble trying to install the EFI 2.3 update - in fact, I have not managed to install it according to Software Update.
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Problems with EFI Firmware Update to 1.5 for mid 2010 Mac Pro, and sleep issues

Hello to the community, I have run into an annoying issue.
I need to update the EFI firmware on my 8 core mid-2010 Mac Pro. I downloaded the EFI update from the apple website from here : http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1321
But everytime I download it, as I click to install, it gives me the message:
Alert
This software is not supported on your system.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1320
But the computer did not respond the way it said it should (with the 3 flashes/beeps etc.) and have the optical drive open for the CD.
So I'm completely stuck.
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I'm a music composer so I've upgraded many aspects of my system due to work. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 evo SSD, 2 seagate 2 TB HDD, and 1 WD 1TB HD (the original one in the mac pro), along with 32 GB of RAM. So my only problems are the firmaware and the weird activity when the computer is put to sleep.
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Mac Pro (8-core)
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ATI Radeon HD 2600 firmware update and others

Hi all,
About a month ago my 1 month old 2.4 imac was replaced with the 2.66 on account of noise after the firmware update. I do have quite a few software updates now and I am a bit concerned about updating them. I am also very new to using a MAC.
1. ATI Radeon HD2600 which updates the firmware ( I have absolutely no problems with graphics)
should I leave well enough alone and NOT update.
2. Mac OSX update to 10.5.3 (I am not having any issues now running 10.5.2}
3. Airport Utility 5.3.2 and airport base station Agent (is this what is built into my computer?]
4 iTunes 7.6.2
5. Quicktime 7.5
6 Pro Application Update 2006-02 { I do not have any of the programs that this update mentions}
Has anyone updated any of these same updates and experienced problems. Have not seen posts concerning the Radeon Update
I have been reading some posts about the 10.5.3
Just wondering if I should leave well enough alone and not do any of these. Computer has been great so far.
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Message was edited by: iJancy

These are varied and different updates that you have listed all together; one is an update for the graphic hardware on your Mac, a few are updates to Mac OS X itself and lastly there are a couple which update individual applications/technologies on your Mac.
Do you have a clone backup of your Mac's current situation? If so, with the exception of the hardware update, implementing each update individually would allow you to evaluate the update and "roll back" to your clone if it was unsatisfactory.
Bare in mind that future updates to Mac OS X or the primary applications/technologies on your Mac may well require that these previous updates have been installed. There is the possibility that Software Update will not notify/alert you of an update available because the previous update has not been installed.
I have every update/upgrade applicable to my particular iMac model installed. I have no issues and have never had any issues.

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I've read a number of postings related to ways to correct the grayed out "wake from sleep" option in the Bluetooth prefs pannel, which is a problem I'm having since switching to a Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The problem I seem to be having is that the Firmware 1.2 updater for the DBT-120 Bluetooth adapter will run, but won't seem to actually flash my adapter (i.e., it won't actually update the device). It is H/W ver: B4, and is plugged directly into a USB port on the back of my fairly new G5 tower, so it seems like it should work.
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That did the trick! My old G4 tower (Yikes!) was able to flash the BT adapter with the firmware update without a problem, even though my G5 was unable to ever finish the process. Once I plugged the updated adapter into the G5 the "Wake from Sleep" option was available and already selected.
Thanks so much for the tip-- I can finally put this question (and problem) to rest.
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/usr/sbin/update VS. auto sleep

Hi all,
After having tried ALL (believe me...) hints first I finally discovered the reason my iMac G5 (10.4.4) refuses to autosleep after inactivity. Well, sort of.
There is a process "update", started by "initd" via the file "/etc/rc" which contains the line "/usr/sbin/update". (See man pages for details on that.) Using "fs_usage" I discovered it repeatedly killed writes data to the disk which prevents autosleep. With the update process my system can sleep now.
However, the question is now "Why does update have to write at all?" In one session I disabled almost everything I found, and update still would prevent the system from autosleep. "update" is there for a reason, and I feel a little bit uncomfortable with disabling it. Is it a change in Mac OS X or is other software in my system the culprit? Any other hints?
Regards, Uwe

Hi V.K.,
in the recent days I tried a lot of things (there are also other threads about the auto sleep problem where differnt reasons are being discussed).
I don't think there exists "the one and only" reason for Macs' insomnia. But it looks like in most cases running processes disturb the auto sleep.
I recognized my Mac's problem is user-indepedent. Therefore a "global process" must have been the trouble maker.
It might be the case that the ntpd settings have been corrupted (is that possible? To be honest, I don't know.) It might also have been a problem with Little Snitch. I reset LS's rules recently and had to allow the ntpd access again. In this time period I recognized the auto sleep problems but I don't know if there is a correlation between these processes.
Nevertheless De- and Reactivation of ntpd solved the issue for me.
BR
bruegge

Sleep light firmware update did not work altogether

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[2] Why did the error even occur and prevent the firmware from being updated?

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My E71 worked fine with iSync before. I upgraded the firmware, but iSync shows me that I can not sync with the E71 (same warning as before plugin from Nokia was installed). I reinstalled the plugin, but nothing changed.This is rather stupid because you expect that an upgrade makes things better.
Anybody else with the same problem?

Before you start saying what Nokia does and does not do, did you look here: http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/product-support/isync/compatibility-and-download. Second, if you think that the firmware update (done on a Windows machine or Nokia service point with a Windows machine)in some way broke the iSync plug-in then you really have no clue as to how things work. Windows and Mac are worlds apart. I did not have to update, download or re-install the plug-in again. So maybe it is something you did. My E71 continued to function exactly as it did before the upgrade. The only thing I had to do was to re-pair the phone back to my Mac and things worked without issue. In fact, for me, the BT seems a bit more stable than before (which was not great) but for sure an improvement.
brassen wrote:
I am not getting into the matter if Novamedia product works or not, but this situation is unacceptable.
Clearly the last firmware update broke the iSync plug in. Hell, it was working perfectly for me, I even got a friend to buy an E71 because of my bragging of it being the best mobile I've ever had.
Why can't nokia issue a simple update to the iSync plug in? Can't imagine being that hard.
Why should we buy a USD 10.00 product because Nokia broke their compatibility with the Mac platform?
Show the KUDOS button some love.... Hit that bad boy.... It don't hurt....
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Since performing this upgrade yesterday, auto sleep no longer functions. The screen saver blanks the screen at the correct time but that's as far as it goes.
I've repaired permissions, tried resetting the Energ Saver defaults, resetting the SMC and deleting the com.apple.PowerManagement.plist file and am no further forward.
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Okay. I think I've solved auto-sleep. At least for my system. It requires going into to terminal and changing the minutes of 'disksleep'. It's very easy and non-invasive. First check your pmset settings in termnal by typing: pmset -g
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acwake 0
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womp 0
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This is the command that you will now use to change what I think fixes auto-sleep. If you notice 'sleep' and 'displaysleep' are set at the minutes you have set them at in your Energy Preferences (5 and 10 in my example above). You can just leave these settings. 'Disksleep' is the command that should tell your computer to hibernate (auto-sleep) and it is by default set at whatever your 'sleep' setting is. What I did was change 'disksleep' to 12 (again the command in terminal for this would be: sudo pmset -a disksleep 12).
My theory is that by seperating the 'disksleep' setting from the 'sleep' setting by a couple of minutes, the command to hibernate is somehow stronger or clearer. At any rate it worked for me when nothing else would. If for some reason the computer doesn't hibernate at exactly 12 minutes, give it an hour and see if it does sleep in that time. You can test this with AC power and then with battery. Sometimes the AC is easier to get auto-sleep working for some reason.
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Hope this helps someone else. I've been struggling with this issue since leopard came out. And through trial and error worked my way up to this. Let me know if it works for you.

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I'm trying to run the EFI update on my new 13" Macbook Pro but keep getting a message it's not for my machine.
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What are you talking about, wjosten? First, he said in his original post that he had an EARLY 2011 MacBook Pro. Those WERE shipped with Snow Leopard. I have one. Second, I have the same machine, still running Snow Leopard, and Apple Update has notified me to Install MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7.
So wjosten, are you saying that Apple Update is defective, it's wrong, and doesn't know what it's doing?
UPDATE a few minutes later ---
Guess you ARE right, wjosten, and it's Apple Update that stupid and dangerous.
According to Apple Support http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1499
   System Requirements are for
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I wonder how many MacBook Pro 2011 users are getting screwed by Apple this time.
Fortunately, I did not do this update before searching the web for warnings after I had a pervious glitch caused by a firmware update.
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I've tried trashing plists, preferences, removing USB devices, stopped file sharing, and more. I changed all my settings and active programs to exactly mirror the ones on the working account - but, nothing seems to be working.
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Thanks in advance.
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Well Norton is famous for causing problems for Mac users, just search, but perhaps it could be another problem.
Open the System Prefs>Energy Saver and set the auto-sleep to something really low.
Now leave the pane open and unlocked and just wait for the sleep to kick in.
Wake it up and set the time to a little bit longer, enough that you know it's not the minimum and this time close the pane.
If this fails, offload Norton and try again.
Norton has had a few application exploits, something to think about, also most anything from Microsoft seems to continously have security exploits.
Also you should be cloning your boot drive occassionally, visit Carbon Copy Cloners forums for donationware software and read the "Before you clone" in their forums.

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