My computer will not wake when I press a key or use the mouse....

I have to say that I have a G4 but my question is not getting addressed in that forum and there ae many more users that utilize this one, so sorry for misleading. BUT, for some reason my computer will not wake when a key is pressed or the mouse activated. Any sugestions? Also, does anyone know of a program (shareware or free) that will clean my files and/or hard drive ( i.e. Macjanitor, Cocktail)? Thank you for your help.

As a first step you could try trashing
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
and re-start and re-select your preferred System Preferences - Energy Saver settings.
There are more suggestions here
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=won%27t+wake&objID=f596&dat eRange=last90days&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
Post again if it doesn't help.

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