BootCamp Windows 7 - Crashes when woken from Sleep Mode

Consistent problem on the WIN 7 side of the partitioned HD- goes into Sleep Mode either manually or on a timer, and then crashes when woken up; No problem using Sleep Mode on OSx side.
Not likely MS will provide a solution. All recent upgrades/updates installed.
Running WIN 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Need to save the plant and conserve energy!
Any suggestions?

Ok, so it's certainly a Broadcom wifi adapter. The Lenovo nomenclature refers to it as "1x1 11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adapter (43142)". But why are you trying to install Realtek drivers?
The only driver I could find is this one, for Windows 8. Please uninstall all other drivers, reboot and install this one, or let Windows find a suitable driver and see if that works. Also please read the document from the link, it gives detailed instructions on installation and uninstallation, how to check version number etc.
It might be the case that you have to wait a bit for an updated driver for win 8.1 to resolve the problem, but It doesn't hurt if we try to find a solution.
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Firefox crashes windows 7 when recovering from sleep mode

Similar to the following:
http://support.mozilla.com/pl/forum/1/627872?s=window+7+crash&as=s
but not sure whether it depends on pages that are currently opened.
Sometimes, when recovering from sleep mode on win7 (with only Firefox and VS2008 running), win7 crashes. What's important - It doesn't happen always, but still, it's annoying (Firefox starts with startpage only).
I've been noticing this issue on different Firefox versions from Firefox 3.5 to 3.6.6.

Same exactly problem here, very annoying when the computer goes to sleep mode and then Firefox locks up.

Firefox 5 crashes to grey screen when opening from sleep mode on computer.

system... Win7 64bit
ATI 4300 video
AMD 445 cpu
Gigabyte GA870a-ud3 motherboard.
System OK with windows 4, with windows 5 when system woken from sleep mode, Firefox crashes when I try to run it. Crashes to grey screen. From cold boot it works fine. All other programs work fine. Solution?

Have you tried re-booting? Shut down the iPad completely and then restart it. It has helped me with my iPad 1.

Crashing when waking from sleep

This has just recently started, but my mac pro now occasionally (increasingly) crashes when waken from sleep. I've verified disks, repaired permissions in safe mode, reset my preferences, all of that fun stuff but it continues. Attached are screenshots of my error reports. I would appreciate it if anyone could provide some feedback as to what appears to be the problem.
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Check your BIOS revision. If it is below 5.10 get update here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-68611-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&...=
It should solve the issue with resuming from sleep mode.
JT
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27" Cinema display flickers when woken from sleep

I've noticed that my 27" Apple Cinema display flickers briefly when woken from sleep.
I have had the display for 8 months, and haven't noticed this before.
It flickers (or flashes), just once when the display wakes when the computer is woken from sleep. It only affects the bottom third of the display.
Once it has properly woken, and flickered once, it then works o.k.
Has anyone else had this?
Thanks.
Bob.

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My plan was to return the Cinema Displays while I still can, fall back to a spare Dell 21" that I have lying around the house for a few weeks (yukkkk..), and then figure out what to do with the TB diplsay as they get closer to release. I'm contempling upgrading my Mac Pro, but if I can stick with what I have, it would save me some cash.I woudln't even mind upgrading my video card, but I just dropped $2000 on these 2 Cinema Display's last week, and I feel like they are already outdated.
PS - I am constantly selling gear, so resale value and having the "latest and greatest" are pretty important to me, hence the interest in the TB displays.
Bobby

Ibook won't wake up or crashes after waking from sleep mode

I have now had this problem for the last year with my new ibook g4 and I can confirm that the problem is present at OS X version 10.3.0 - 10.3.9 and 10.4.0-10.4.5 . I'd manage to solve it but once in a while it shows up again and i have to solve it all over again. Apple doesn't seem to care although it makes your iBook totally unusable if you can't put it to sleep mode, because of the fact that you can't leave your iBook ON while the lid is closed. Ok as I said I have this problem once in a while but I allways manages to solve it, here are my observations:
Leting the computer go into sleep mode by itself (not by closing the lid) will not result in a crash.
Before a crash the following allways occour:
1) The system gets highly unstable. Programs (mostly safari, mail and itunes) will crash without warning. The mouse reacts very slowly and lags behind. The mouse lag is a shure indication that the system will crash during the next seconds or minuts.
2) While set to automaticly connect to favorite network, the airport won't connect imidiatly, but it will take a few seconds more than usual before it connects.
3) The system sometimes crashes before it can activate the backlight resulting in the situation where people think that the system can't wake up from sleep mode and won't react.
Only forcing the computer to sleep mode can cause this failure (by pressing "sleep mode" or by closing the lid).
What i did to rule out some sources resulting in this error:
1) Something like this problem can happen when having a bad memory socket or bad memory, so I'd ran Apples Hardware test and memtest OSX, but no failure was indicated.
2) Ran the usual repair of disk permissions (like 10^6 times ), without any changes.
3) Tried to reset the PMU (Power managing unit), without any changes.
4) Also tried to make a clean installation with panther 10.3 and tiger 10.4, without changes. Before installing anything (no prgrams or updates) the system still crashes. Even after updating to. 10.3.9 and 10.4.5 the problem is still present
The solution:
Well I found out that the problem has to do with to power options. That would normally mean that reseting the PMU would help, but as I already said this didn't change anything. Apparently the system is not able to wake up the Harddisk from sleep mode, and that's basicly the problem. I don't understand why it doesn't crash when going to sleep mode all by itself, but aparently there's something diffrent by forcing the system to sleep mode. Fourthermore it's not so "happy" to change those settings for the harddisk (I will explain later).
Solution:
1) Basicly just UNCHECK the option "Set harddisk to sleep mode whenever it's possible" inside powermanagment. And set "let the computer go to sleep after" to "Never" , do this for Battery and AC Power settings.
2) And put CPU usage to "Automatic", do this for Battery and AC Power settings
3) Restart the ibook. When it plays it's startup sound reset PVRAM by holding the following keys down before the backlight turns ON: OptionCommand+PR , when you hear the startup sound again release the buttons and start OSX normally.
Now as I said this problems comes once in a while and that has to do with the fact that repairing my disk permissions can change/reset the above changes. Even if it isn't beeing displayed graphicly repairing the disk permission have reseted those changes, resulting in the fact that the system is crashing again.
So to solve this do the following for Battery and AC power settings:
1) CHECK/MARK the "Set harddisk to sleep mode whenever it's possible" inside powermanagment and put CPU usage option the low or high. And set "let the computer go to sleep after" to "Never"
2) Restart the ibook.
3) UNCHECK the option "Set harddisk to sleep mode whenever it's possible" inside powermanagment". Put CPU usage option back to "Automatic". And set "let the computer go to sleep after" to "Never"
4) Restart the ibook again. When it plays it's startup sound reset PVRAM by holding the following keys down before the backlight turns ON: OptionCommand+PR , when you hear the startup sound again release the buttons and start OSX normally.
So now it doesn't crash again.
I've read all the threads of people having this problem and apparently it has been present since OSX 10.0.0 and when calling apple support they tell you to reset PMU and repair the usual disk permissions, which of cause doesn' work. And there are aparently a lot of really angree costumers, because this problem makes the computer COMPLETLY unusable, but apple has done nothing to help those people because of the the fact there there has been released ZERO patches or changes in OSX to resolve this issue. I can't say that there is something wrong with the iBooks as the several hardware test's indicate no malfunctioning but there is some bug in Mac OSX wich specificly makes the system incable to tell some ibook's how to wake the harddisk from sleep mode.
To the fine folks working on this forum: No I will not send this to apple, they already know about this, and have done nothing (just think of the millions of crash reports they recieve from those hundreds of crashes everybody is geting from this problem). That is why I put this on the forum so that people can actually solve this problem by themselves. If you think it's worth sending to apple, so that this problem can finally be fixed after 4-5 years you are more than welcome to send it directly to somebody who will actually do something about this. And i really hope that giving people the opportunity to make ther computer work, doesn't violated the usual rule "that we are not allowed to write anything that is agains apples interests", wich often results in a removal of threads and ANY chance in SOLVING critical errors.
ibook g4 12", 512, 32 VRAM, 1.2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

sdad sdsdds:
Your observations and solution are right on the money!!
I just was working on an iBook that my father is giving to my sister. I must have started the problem by changing the sleep setting for battery to let HD sleep. After that the fun began! Instability, restart after restart, running Disk Warrior, fixing permissions over and over, etc. I finally zeroed out the HD and installed 10.4. Nothing worked until I read your post.
Thanks a lot. I understand how you feel about posting here, but please be aware that you are helping many people who would be completely without a clue otherwise. Thanks again for your efforts.
Now I can ship my sister her iBook!

Wifi disconnects when waking from sleep mode; running Mountain Lion

Had this same issue with Lion as well,, wifi disconnects when waking from sleep mode,,,any ideas how to fix this pesky issue?

Hi Sky,
This has worked for a few...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
Instead of joining your Network from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.
For 10.5/10.6, System Preferences>Network, unlock the lock if need be, highlight the Interface you use to connect to Internet, click on the advanced button, click on the DNS tab, click on the little plus icon, then add these numbers...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click OK.
Also, turn off IPv6:
System Preferences » Network » AirPort » TCP/IP tab » Configure IPv6
Or whatever Interface you use.

Since updating to Lion the iMac won't recognise the external hard drive (maxtor) when waking from sleep mode,

Hi All, Since updating to Lion, my imac won't recognise the ext HDD (Maxtor) when waking from sleep mode, I have tried another port, diisc utility (Ext HDD not listed in here) but nothing works. I now find that I have to restart the imac to get the drive recognised..which is fine until the imac goes into sleep mode then I lose the drive and have to restart etc etc.....anyone suffering same issue. The Ext Drive worked perfectly until the upgrade..

Thanks for this, and apologies for delay in replying...in between seeing your post I backed up the ext hdd to another mac and used the disc utility to erase and repair and then re mounted the ext hdd. OK. I have then tested the ext hdd being recognised when waking from sleep mode a few times and everything appears to be fine. If this doesn't work (long term) I will follow the instructions as you have suggested....
I now have a new problem with my HP printer (Photosmart Plus) which is not being recognised by a new wireless router..Ok whilst the router is switch on and I have reconfigured the printer..but when the router is switched off overnight and then switched back on...I get a 'printer is not connected' message and have to go through the re configure routine all over. I am minded to think this is a router problem as the same issue is happening to my wifes Mac Book Pro (which is only a few weeks old)...any suggestions..

Kernel Panic when waking from sleep mode., Kernel Panic when waking from sleep mode.

Hi,
I have an Imac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo desktop which I have upgraded to lion.
Recently I keep getting kernel panics when waking from sleep mode and I cannot figure out what it is.
I am not very computer savy - I.e. I use a computer but don't know programming etc.
The computer then asks me to shut down and restart.
Any help would be much appreciated as this is driving me crazy.
An example of the latest kernel panic log as as follows:
Fri Jan 6 21:25:02 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c266d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80002936b3, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000020, CR3: 0x000000000f636000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x000000000006f9d8, RBX: 0xffffff800445d598, RCX: 0x0000000000000020, RDX: 0x0000000000019fd8
RSP: 0xffffff808073b520, RBP: 0xffffff808073b540, RSI: 0x000000002996b2ee, RDI: 0xffffff8003f83ce8
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff800bf31788, R11: 0x0000000000009268
R12: 0xffffff800374c000, R13: 0xffffff800445d598, R14: 0x000000000006f9d8, R15: 0xffffff8003f83ce8
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff80002936b3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
CR2: 0x0000000000000020, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff808073b1e0 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff808073b260 : 0xffffff80002c266d
0xffffff808073b400 : 0xffffff80002d7a1d
0xffffff808073b420 : 0xffffff80002936b3
0xffffff808073b540 : 0xffffff800029383b
0xffffff808073b560 : 0xffffff800029485b
0xffffff808073b590 : 0xffffff800027e44b
0xffffff808073b5f0 : 0xffffff7f811a44dd
0xffffff808073b630 : 0xffffff7f811a36c4
0xffffff808073b760 : 0xffffff8000328517
0xffffff808073b7b0 : 0xffffff80002e823b
0xffffff808073b8a0 : 0xffffff80003170ce
0xffffff808073b8d0 : 0xffffff80002ec664
0xffffff808073b9e0 : 0xffffff80002f0229
0xffffff808073ba50 : 0xffffff80002f0265
0xffffff808073ba80 : 0xffffff80004e6833
0xffffff808073bb50 : 0xffffff8000316ca3
0xffffff808073bba0 : 0xffffff80005a6e29
0xffffff808073bc30 : 0xffffff8000265675
0xffffff808073bc80 : 0xffffff80002651f3
0xffffff808073bcc0 : 0xffffff800026a62f
0xffffff808073bdc0 : 0xffffff800026cdb4
0xffffff808073bf40 : 0xffffff80002c1f0b
0xffffff808073bfb0 : 0xffffff80002d7941
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.BootCache(33.0)[7D74A237-77EF-359F-B1E2-CB1E602E8B9F]@0xffffff7f811a2 000->0xffffff7f811aafff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: corestoraged
Boot args: 0x0
Mac OS version:
11C74
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug 9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
System model name: iMac8,1 (Mac-F227BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 46767492658
last loaded kext at 39979515424: com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2 (addr 0xffffff7f81930000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.26
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          7.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.0.16
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000          7.1.2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.3
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.5d4
com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck          182.10
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          33
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.8.9
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2          3.2.2b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.5.0
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          500.36.11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
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com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          167.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine          1
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com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio          1.0.0d11
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.1.3f7
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.1.3f7
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily          1.0.0d22
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
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com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.0.16
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com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          13
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.1f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.1f4
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage          182.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.0.0
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This is all double dutch to me.
Would anyone be able to help please???
Thank you very much !!
Dave

Hi, for other peoples information - I finally figured out the problem. It was actually a faulty RAM module which I had bought. I had upgraded from 2 to 4 gb of RAM using an approved type of RAM for my particular computer. Finally I removed one module of RAM (after doing nearly everything else under the sun including trying to reinstall the operating system and wipe the computer etc) and the computer worked fine.
Dave

Macmini 2011 on lion, goes to a blue screen om monitor when awakening from sleep mode, last 3 or 4 seconds, can anyone help? Thanks

Macmini 2011 on lion, goes to a blue screen on monitor when awakening from sleep mode, last 3 or 4 seconds, before desktop appears, can anyone help? Thanks

Depending on the system configuration, this may not
be unusual. The Mini that I use for my home theater,
which is connected to a receiver then to a TV, all via
HDMI usually takes a couple seconds to come up just
the way yours does. Same happens when I switch sources
on the receiver. Actually, it starts with the blue screen and
will sometimes flash before the desktop comes up.
It seems that when HDMI goes dormant, there is handshaking
that needs to be re-established, at least thats my SWAG on it.
On the other hand, the Mac Mini Server that I use as a work
station and is connected to a Thunderbolt Display, wakes to desktop
in a second, maybe two. On this combo, it just comes up to
the desk top.
It also probably depends on what processes were active when
the Mini was put to sleep. So it may take some time for it to get around
to reloading the desktop.

T61 - WWAN does not connect when resuming from sleep mode

Hi.
I have a T61 with integrated WWAN, which works perfectly - except I use sleep mode a lot, and when i resume from sleep mode, WWAN doesn't connect, I always get the same error - IP configuration failed. If I restart my OS, WWAN works normally again.
So far i have tried on Windows XP, Vista 32, Vista 64 and Windows 7 32 bit - always the same!
I connect via Access Connections, maybe there is a known issue?
Thank you, B

This bugs me as well. With the new Verizon software I just installed, it says "Adapter Disabled" when I resume from sleep.
I suspect a driver bug that needs to be adressed.
I use Vista Business 32bit, but had the same problem with XP.
Don Mannino

Sound not staying muted when resuming from Sleep mode

The subject says it all. When I resume from Sleep mode the sound is not staying muted. I have found a third party app to get around this but I would rather solve it without having to run something else in startup.
I have a HP Pavilion dv7-2206tx Entertainment Notebook running Windows 7 with all the latest updates installed.
Anyone know how to prevent this from happening?

youngunix wrote:
cfr wrote:
What does "every OS" include? Just thinking if it includes something like Windows, say, that would point to something rather different than if the problem only manifests in Linux.
Have you seen if the problem occurs if you use the nouveau drivers?
I'm sorry dude, but there is something wrong with you!! In every thread, you just ask or make lame @$$ statements.
cfr is a regular presence around here and helps quite a lot of people. He was trying to get clarification so that your problem could be further debugged. You may think that his statements are "lame ass" but you attitude is "asshole". Don't come here looking for help and then tell those trying to help you that their help sucks. If that is how you show your appreciation for support, you should go elsewhere.

Why does my computer tell me the "Disk was not properly ejected" when waking from sleep mode?

I am a real "Newbie" to Mac OS. I have a new iMac 21.5" running OS X Lion. When I awake the computer from sleep mode with the spacebar on the keyboard, I get the message "The disk was not ejected proper, etc.". Iss there something I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Mike G.

I am one of those who had experienced this kind of problem. My former Time Machine disk used to automatically eject itself when my iMac sleeps, hence upon waking up my iMac. i always get the error message that the disk was not properly ejected.
From what I was able to gather from my experience, until the time that I found a workable solution, I think I can say that the problem is most probably caused by the incompatibility of certain external drives with how the iMac operates when on sleep and upon waking up. Some external drives are just not able to cope with how the iMac tries to remount a connected disk after it wakes up from sleep. There are just some external drives that cannot continue to be mounted after the iMac wakes from sleep. There are just some external drives that are not responsive enough. In other words, the existence of the problem lies with the type of external drive you are using.
My former Time Machine disk, the problematic one, was an Imation M300 Apollo 1 TB external disk. It unmounts everytime my iMac went to sleep, but does not remount after waking up the iMac. The disk will continue to be unmounted until I physically remove its USB connector and replug it in the iMac.
I replaced my former Time Machine disk with my current one, a Transcend Storejet 1 TB. And the problem went away. The Transcend disk continue to be mounted after the iMac is woken up even from the longest of sleep. I have even the energy saving option "put the hard disk to sleep..." checked. The Transcend disk comes with a Y cable, i.e. it has two USB connectors, but I only connect the one for both data and power--and it still remains mounted even after waking the iMac from sleep.
The sad realization, however, is that since there are only some external drives that are not able to work with the iMac, no matter how many those some may seem to be, it will be highly unlikely for Apple to itself fix this kind of a problem.
I, therefore, make the following recommendations:
1. Check first if your problematic disk has a firmware upgrade available. In some cases, the firmware upgrade may be enough to make the disk more responsive to the iMac waking up.
2. If there is no firmware upgrade available, check if your power/data USB cable is properly working.
3. If your power/data USB cable is in order, and the problem still persists, I think it is inevitable that you have to replace the problematic disk with a newer one that could respond well with the iMac's wake/sleep operation. With what disk will you replace your problematic one? I can only recommend from my personal experience the Transcend disk I mentioned earlier. You may also search this forum on other brands of disks that may also work.
Regards.

BT Keyboard Loses Connection When Waking from Sleep Mode

I'm running Windows 7 on a late 2009 27" iMac and my Bluetooth keyboard keeps loses connection when I wake my computer from sleep mode. Usually the only way I can get it back is my resetting. Anyone know of a way to fix this? Any help would be great appreciated.

If the MBP doesn't wake when you open the lid but does when you press any key afterward, do this:
Applications > Utilities > Terminal
Copy and paste the following text in the Terminal window:
*sudo pmset lidwake 1*
You'll be asked for your admin password. Type that in (Note: the password will not be displayed as you do so). Press Return, and quit the Terminal. Close the MBP, wait for it to sleep, and open it again. Does it wake now?
If you want to change it back so the system doesn't wake when you open the lid, repeat the procedure, but this time type or paste:
*sudo pmset lidwake 0*

Screen flickers when resuming from sleep mode

I have a newly brought T430 laptop with the Nvdia graphics card. Sometimes when I resume from sleep mode, the screen flickers before entering into the desktop view.
Is this a problem or normal? I hope nothing is wrong with my gpu. Is there a way to check?
Thanks!

etresoft wrote:
It is definitely not a Leopard bug because it has been happening on every portable Mac I've ever had.
I don't agree. I had no problems at all with my MacBook Pro running Tiger. I initially did an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard and when the problems started I assumed it was a problem with the upgrade. I then completely erased and did a clean install of Leopard. The problem has actually gotten worse since I did the clean re-install.
etresoft wrote:
Just close the screen, wait for it to go back to sleep, then open it again. It will probably be fine.
As I mentioned in my opening post, I've gone through that song and dance more times than I can count. I've closed it, waited for as much as an hour, opened it back up...same problem. I've hard powered it down, closed it, disconnected the AC adapter, removed the battery, opened it, held down the power button for 15 seconds, re-installed the battery, reconnected the AC adapter, pushed the power button, and the display will still be dark. It's sometimes taken as many as 5 or 6 iterations of that process before it will finally reset whatever problem it was having and boot normally with a functioning display.

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