Screen Randomly Wakes Up

After I close my lid to put my MacBook Pro to sleep, I notice sometimes that the computer will wake up and then after some time go back to sleep. Sometimes it does this multiple times before it finally stays asleep. Sometimes, I will open the lid just to see whats going on and most of the time it will display my login prompt to log in to my computer and then other times it displays nothing. If anyone know why this happens or what to do to stop it from occurring it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I have the exact same problem and it drives me crazy, because it costs me so much time every time I want to put the machine to sleep. My other problem is that the machine often won't wake up when I open the lid. I've found this computer to be very unreliable and I have to "repair disk" way too often. My old aluminum Powerbook was so much better! However, everything on this MacBook Pro basically works... yet I feel like I'm on the verge of something disastrous. Is this worth taking to a Genius? The computer is less than a year old.

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I first noticed this issue when I upgraded my 3G to iOS 4. I later purchased an iPhone 4 and have seen this bug on every version of iOS: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and now 4.1
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I know that the screen wakes when you charge the phone and it reaches 100%.
But if its not during charging you may want to try running the phone in safe mode just to check if this could be cased by any app.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008#U348008
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G5 randomly wakes from sleep usually near midnight-screen sometimes flashes

Since handing down my G5 to my mom, it randomly wakes from sleep. I always notice that it happens at night because then I can see the light from the display. Not sure if it happens exactly at midnight each night but its usually near then. I just get up and put it back to sleep and its usually fine until the next night.
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macbookg5 wrote:
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My apple ipod touch's screen randomly went dark. now it won't charge, turn on, or connect to itunes on my computer. HELP!!

i have no idea what to do. my apple ipod touch's screen randomly went dark. now it won't charge, turn on, or connect to itunes. PLEASE HELP!!

See Here...
Frozen or unresponsive iPod touch
Try this First...
Press and Hold the Sleep/Wake Button and the Home Button at the Same Time...
Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...
Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)
Release the Buttons...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

Shutdown screen randomly pops up when I start an app or try to charge

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Has anyone else experienced theese problems?
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Hi,
Do you have a protective case on the iPod touch? If you do, try testing without the case.
Does the iPod have any signs of accidental damage or abuse?
Try resetting the iPod by holding the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons until you see the Apple logo as described here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305743
If the issue persists, try restoring the iPod touch. This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414 will walk you through the restore process.
If the issue is not resolved by restoring the iPod, make a reservation with a Genius or call AppleCare.
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
U.S. iPhone technical support: 1-800-MY-IPHONE (1-800-694-7466)
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I was using my iPhone 5 and the screen randomly went black. I can still hear incoming calls but the screen stays black and unresponsive and stays black. My lock button stopped working last week so I can't restart the phone. What can I do to solve this?

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Guide to Upgrading to Windows 8 on the T540p (+fix for brightness/black screen on wake)

Hello all. I recently received my new T540p running Windows 7. Although I probably would have qualified for receiving Windows 8 recovery media from Lenovo, I went ahead and did the upgrade myself since I had a copy of Windows 8 laying around (and because I'm impatient). I'm fairly tech-savvy and expected the process to go smoothly; boy was I wrong. I decided to write up this little guide after having a thoroughly annoying time upgrading in the hopes of saving someone else out there from the hassles I underwent.
NOTE: The most troublesome part of the whole process was figuring out why the screen brightness was no longer adjustable and the display would not turn on after waking from sleep (black screen) after upgrading to Windows 8. Skip ahead to step #9 if that's the issue you're having.
Step #1: Make a bootable recovery disc or USB drive
This is important in case anything goes wrong during the upgrade or you decide you despise Windows 8 and want to bring back Windows 7. The T540p comes with a recovery partition in the hard drive (like most laptops nowadays I assume) which allows you to completely wipe your computer and reset it to its original factory state (the same as when you first received your computer). This is normally done by restarting your computer and hitting the enter key to interrupt normal startup and selecting the recovery option from a menu. I wrongly assumed that I would still be able to conduct the recovery after installing Windows 8, but for some reason after upgrading I was unable to start a recovery from the recovery partition. Thus it's important to create a set of recovery discs or a recovery USB drive yourself BEFORE starting the upgrade. Lenovo includes a program which makes this step very easy; see this page for details: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht004960
Step #2: Uninstall certain programs BEFORE upgrading
I skipped this step because I forgot about it. I haven't noticed anything adverse (aside from the brightness/display problem which I assume is completely unrelated), but Lenovo does suggest to uninstall certain programs before upgrading so it's probably wise to do so. Here's the list:
    - DisplayLink Core Software
    - Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver
    - Lenovo Solution Center
    - RapidBoot
    - ThinkPad(R) Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate Software
See this page for details: http://download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/windows8/upgrade/think/notebook2_en.html
Step #3: Download and save wireless drivers to external media BEFORE upgrading
After upgrading, I discovered my wireless didn't work and thus I couldn't connect to the internet. I wound up downloading the wireless driver to my phone and transferring it to my T540p. You could also use an ethernet cable to connect to your wireless router or cable modem. But if you have a USB drive, CD, DVD, external hard drive, whatever, save yourself the hassle and download the wireless driver ahead of time. You will need to know the brand of the wireless device (Intel or Realtek); look it up in your email receipt or from the Windows Device Manager under "Network Adapters". Mine was Intel. After figuring out the brand of your wireless device, go to the T540p drivers page here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t54... Look for a drop-down menu that says "Component" and select the option "Networking: Wireless LAN" (LAN, not WAN!). The page will refresh to show only the wireless drivers. Select the Windows 8 64-bit driver that matches your brand (I'm assuming all T540p laptops are 64-bit. If I'm wrong, please correct me). Download that sucker and put it to on the external media of your choice to use later!
Step #4: Begin Windows 8 upgrade
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There are two ways to do upgrade: use a Windows 8 installation DVD or download a web installer. I had a Windows 8 key from a previous web installation and went with downloading a web installer. If you have an installation DVD, just insert it and get started. If you prefer to download a web installer, go to this page: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only I think product keys are tied to either Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, so select the one that you have a key for and download the appropriate one. If you're not sure, you may have to try both.
During the upgrade, you will be asked whether you want to download updates (I assume this updates the installer) and afterward you will be asked to enter your product key. For some reason, when I downloaded the updates my product key would get rejected. I just restarted the Windows 8 installation, skipped the updates and then my product key was accepted. I don't know if this is tied to the fact that I was reusing a Windows 8 key (again, which had been used on a now dead computer) but if you find your key getting rejected then you may find skipping the updates helps. If this doesn't work and you're using the web installer, try downloading the other web installer (e.g. if you're using the Windows 8.1 web installer and find the key is rejected even after skipping updates, your key may actually be for Windows 8 and you should try downloading the Windows 8 web installer).
The installation itself should be a fairly straight-forward process. There are lots of guides online in case things go awry. If you have any trouble or errors, you should hopefully have made recovery media for worst case scenarios where you need to start from scratch.
Step #5: Install wireless driver & connect to your router
You should now have Windows 8 up and running on your system, but no wireless. Now's the time to use that driver you downloaded earlier. Install it and you should now have wireless access. Connect to your router and get online so we can start some badly needed updating!
NOTE1: your touchpad/trackpoint/keyboard experience will be especially funky at this point. That's because the drivers for them haven't been installed. Normally the touchpad won't be active while you're typing, but because the drivers haven't been installed you'll notice you'll accidentally move the mouse or click while typing (e.g. when entering passwords). Not to worry: this will go away when we install the Lenovo drivers now.
NOTE2: your function keys won't work (adjust sound, adjust brightness, etc.). That's also because of the drivers.
NOTE3: you may notice your screen's brightness may not be adjustable even from the Windows menu. Again, that's also because of the drivers. Hang in there!
Step #6: Activate Windows
Now that we're connected to the interwebs, it's time to activate Windows. If you're completely new to Windows 8, here's where you go:
-move your mouse to the upper right corner then move down
-select "Settings"
-select "Change PC settings" at the bottom
-select "Activate Windows"
This is where you'll enter your product key. As I've said before, my product key had already been used on an old, now dead, laptop. Reusing a key requires you to do a phone activation. If you find your product key gets rejected, go to the phone activation option and follow the instructions. An important note: at some point you will probably be asked how many devices/computers you installed Windows on. The correct answer is "one"; if you accidentally give another number, you'll need to call again and start over. (I'm assuming you're not doing anything illegal. As far as I know, there's nothing wrong with you reusing your key so long as you're no longer using the old computer Windows 8 was installed on, e.g. when that old computer no longer works. But if you're trying to install Windows 8 on multiple computers and you can afford to buy a new copy of Windows 8, shame on you. It takes a huge team of coders and support staff to make a product like Windows happen; help them pay their bills by purchasing a legal copy of Windows 8. Students can even get a copy for less than $70 with proof of student status. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Windows-8.1-Pro-for-Students/productID.288769600...
Step #7: Install Lenovo-specific updates and drivers
I typically hate all the crapware and bloatware companies include with new laptops, but Lenovo does make some which are useful. Their system updater should take care of downloading the rest of the drivers you'll need instead of having to download them all individually (with one exception: the graphics drivers may require a separate download later). Download the system updater here and keep running it until there are no more updates to download: http://support.lenovo.com/en/documents/ht080136
Step #8: Install Windows Updates
Load up Windows Update and start installing. If you're completely new to Windows 8:
-move your mouse to the upper right corner then move down
-select "Settings"
-select "Change PC settings" at the bottom
-select "Update and recovery"
-click the "Check now" button to check for updates
-click the "View details" text link to see the available updates
-click the "Install now" button to begin installing immediately
(Yes, the Windows 8 interface is dreadfully unintuitive unfortunately. Watch some Windows 8 tutorials on YouTube if you find yourself having trouble. Already looking forward to the next version of Windows!)
You'll also want to download the Windows 8.1 update if you installed only Windows 8 (the update to 8.1 is free). The download is available from the Windows Store.
Step #9: Install graphics drivers (if you're having display problems: unadjustable brightness, black screen on wake from sleep)
As I stated earlier, this was the most frustrating part of the installation process. My T540p came with only an Intel HD Graphics 4600 card, but it seems some others include a dedicated NVIDIA card. Whatever updates were installed with Lenovo's System Updater and via Windows Updates didn't seem to do the trick. I even updated the driver with the latest from the Intel website to no avail.
The solution, at least in my case, was simple: go to the T540p driver's download page and download the graphic card drivers appropriate for your system. Go here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t54... Look for the "Component" drop-down menu and select the "Display and Video Graphics" option and download the Intel and/or NVIDIA drivers appropriate for your system. (I have no idea what the Intel Wireless Display driver is for, so I avoided it thinking I don't need it)
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Hello Yolanda,
a) I noticed that I can´t install MediaCenter on Win8, but just on Win8 Pro.
b) My problem is, as described, that installing "MediaCenter" on either "Win8 Pro" or "Win8.1 pro", though the "Media Center" key is accepted,
which I once 2 years ago downloaded on ANOTHER "Windows 8 Pro" computer, for free as it was a gift of Microsoft at that time - You could reserve = get up to 5 Media Center licenses per "Windows 8 Pro" computer for later use
on OTHER "Windows 8 Pro" computers - but never used ( i.e. NEVER USED FOR ACTIVATION ),
but after the first reboot, I am running "Windows 8 Pro with Media Center" WITHOUT LICENSE, as shown in the system screen.
Neither my "Windows Media Center Key" nor my "WIndows 8 Pro key" is then accepted to change the situation - I mean the keys I entered just before during the installation process of "Windows 8 Pro" and "Windows Media Center".
I am shure that I did not use the "Windos Media Center" key, as I have a list of personal keys I got for free from Microsoft, and I marked those 2, I used for other "Windows 8 Pro" computers.
So fact is, that with my brand-new computer, 32 Gigabytes of RAM, 4 Cores, "Win8 Pro" installed, I am forced to avoid the installation of "Windows Media Center", though I got valid licenses.
So your answer was not quiet helpful, as it does not change anything.
Sincerely
Rolf

Is there a problem with my graphics card, my screen randomly goes black?

Hi all,
I've been noticing that my laptop screen randomly blacks out though the device still appears to be on. I end up doing a full shut down by pressing the power button for 5 seconds and restart thereafter. Although this has happened at various times, it most recently has been occurring while using Google Chrome. Right before the screen blacks, I tend to see a prompt in the upper right hand corner of the screen that says something like "Intel HD Graphics now in use" or something about gfxCardStatus. Obviously for now I've been limiting the use of Google Chrome, but I'd still like to know if there is a substantial problem here. I'm using a Macbookpro 15in OSX version 10.7.4, i5 intel core processor. After restarting, this is the error message that I receive and report to apple:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 227498 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          5
Anonymous UUID:                    269D36CF-8BA3-40BF-A749-409AC5A9A89C
Wed Jul 11 10:04:03 2012
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f809ab947): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff809f18f000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
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0xffffff807c133060 : 0xffffff8000220792
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0xffffff807c133eb0 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff807c133f10 : 0xffffff80002af150
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Google Chrome He
Mac OS version:
11E53
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: A8ED611D-FB0F-3729-8392-E7A32C5E7D74
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 103855761228
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com.apple.NVDAResman          7.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.5f11
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.5f11
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          13
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          227.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.5.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          420.3
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.1b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.4.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          177.5
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          331.6
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.5.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.4.20)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.5f11, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3
Can someone please help? This is also my first time posting so forgive me if I have not provided customary information.
Thanks!

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Run through them and stop after #16 or if the problem stops, or if something tells you something severe (like hardware test giving a error)
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Euisung Lee wrote:
But the issue of this thread - blank screen on wake up - still ensues. Lid close - open the screen flashes on for a split second and goes to black. I close the lid and wait 10 sec to reopen and the screen turns on, or I simply wait long enough with black screen and it eventually lights up. It's like waiting for a long wakeup.
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Euisung Lee wrote:
But the issue of this thread - blank screen on wake up - still ensues. Lid close - open the screen flashes on for a split second and goes to black. I close the lid and wait 10 sec to reopen and the screen turns on, or I simply wait long enough with black screen and it eventually lights up. It's like waiting for a long wakeup.
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I'm going to make 2 assumptions: 1) you know it is going to sleep because you can see the little diode blinking on and off. 2) in the energy tab of the system preferences you don't have the computer configure to wake up at a particular time.
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