Sleep problems, won't wake

Since the latest update 10.5.8 my mac pro has a problem waking from sleep. It actually sounds like the drive starts and usb items wake but the monitor does not. Anybody with similar issue?

I have the same problem with my imac G5 since upgrading to 10.5.8. The computer will not wake from sleep by pressing keys on the keyboard, however it only happens when I manually put the computer to sleep. It will awake from sleep when I unplug the keyboard's USB, or if I do a hard log-out by pressing the power button briefly. Not major problem, but certainly a nuisance. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
Chuck

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I'm using a late 2006 2.33GHz imac.I clean installed 10.6 from disc then updated to 10.7 from download.Now every time my computer goes into sleep it won't wake up.Anyone know how to cure this problem please??

I'm using a late 2006 2.33GHz imac.
I clean installed 10.6 from disc then updated to 10.7 from download.
Now every time my computer goes into sleep it won't wake up.
The only way it will restart is to pull the mains lead out of the imac, put it back and try until it will start.
This only happened after reinstalling. Only Apple OS was on the imac and so it must be an issue with the software I believe.....
Anyone know how to cure this problem please?
Thanks
paul

This isn't a fix, more a workaround I used when I had wake from sleep problems that lasted from some point in 10.6.x, through 10.7 and into 10.8 (got fixed for me in 10.8.2). It seems to be connected with Bluetooth failing to wake up properly:
System Preferences>Energy Saver and set 'computer sleep' to 'never'.

My Macbook pro, (late 2010) sometimes will sleep and won't wake up. then the sleep light flashes.What's the problem?

My Macbook pro, (late 2010) sometimes will sleep and won't wake up. then the sleep light flashes.What's the problem

Hi I've been following this thread (along with a different one on the same topic). I've been having the same problem with my ibook. I can add that I have no problem with startup. It's just that the screen "goes to sleep" unexpectedly and may operate normally for a few minutes or a few hours at most. Opening and closing the lid or restarting seems to cause it to awaken but then usually for just a few seconds or minutes. If it is connected to another video display that display continues functioning fine even though the computer screen is blank. In addition the desktop is there and visible faintly or if totally blank can be backlit through the apple logo and can be read. I've had my logic board replaced twice under the extended warranty and assumed it was that but now I'm thinking of the reed switch. Apple refuses to consider any further work under warranty as the last repair was in Jan, 06 and they claim only a 90 parts warranty and the machine is from 03. Any thoughts before I cut the wires? I have reset the pmu, run cocktail and disk utility. Other than the sleep issue the machine works fine. thanks Ronda or anyone else who has any ideas... Dave

My iMac 27 2010 vintage goes to sleep and won't wake up...I have to push the on off button and hold till it shuts down and then re start...This is not good..Help please

My mac iMac 27 2010 vintage goes to sleep and won't wake up till I hold the on off power button....Then I have to restart as it is locked up....This it intermittent..
Help Please
Jim

Ops I replied to myself in error.....
Tom:
I performed the steps indicated but this morning when I clicked the mouse and hit the space key and clicked the track pad again as before nothing happens.
I hold the power button for a few seconds and the screen fills as if the computer was normally awakened but it is locked up.
Then I have to shut it down with the power button and then power it up as a reboot.
Not good...SMC reset didn't work....Throughout the day yesterday I put the computer to sleep and woke it up normally. It seems to be a overnight problem.
Am I going to have to shut it down everynight?
Jim

Laptop P505D-S8000 went to sleep but won't wake up...

Laptop was put to sleep and now won't wake up. Power, plug & battery lights are on and power switch is lit. No hard drive activity at boot. Fans run than stop. I tried all the known tricks of removing battery & power cord, pushing power button for 60 secs, than powering up with power cord only. This seems to be the fixall for this problem when I searched the web but only seems to work for 1 out of 10 people. I have checked the screen at an angle to make sure the backlight is not out but since I am not getting activity on the hard drive I figured it was OK. I get nothing by trying to boot into setup modes, bios checks or safe mode.
Any last advice other than take it to a toshiba tech? Rick

Unfortunately that fix doesn't always work because these symptoms often represent a hardware failure.
Just to confirm, the power LED (not the AC adapter LED) does light up when you press the power button, right? If so, it does sound like you'll need to get the notebook serviced.
- Peter

Won't sleep, yet won't wake.

I have a problem with my MacBook that I think others have had too, but I can't find a post about it. Probably 1 out of 2 times that I close my MacBook to put it to sleep, it won't go to sleep. And no, I'm not waiting for 2 seconds and deciding that it won't sleep...I wait for around 30 seconds. If I open it up, however, it won't wake up, and the computer is completely frozen and I have to force-shutdown.
I am running Leopard, however this happened with Tiger as well, so I don't think its a Leopard-related bug.
Also, it seemed to go away (when I had Tiger) after I deleted the hidden volume that it uses to store content for safe sleep, but I would like to be able to keep safe sleep enabled.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Zeb

You just described my exact same problem to a tee. But, I want to include an additional nightmare. Not only did I have these problems, it actually would sleep when I opened the lid. Then I'd close again and it would wake.
Then, I upgraded to Leopard last Friday. I crossed my fingers but to no avail - no change.
Then Saturday morning I noticed that the screen saver wouldn't come on. I tried a shut down and that didn't work either. I held the power button for 5 seconds and left Starbucks thinking that it might not come back on.
When I got home, I started my Macbook (it worked thank goodness) and immediately tried a re-set of SMC, PRAM, and Permissions for the umpteenth time since about August.
Guess what? To my surprise, everything started working like I had a brand new MacBook. It sleeps and wakes like it's supposed to, screensaver is good, and it will shutdown when commanded.
Please give it a try and see if you have the same result.
I'll root for you. Good luck.

PowerBook Problem Won't wake up, mouse doesn't work etc...

Hello all, thanks for taking the time to check my post.
I have a friend here who's g4 powerbook, when it goes to sleep sometimes it won't wake up. Sometimes the mouse won't work after it wakes up. Are these signs of something that can be fixed by the user or should this machine be serviced?
Thanks in advance ;)!

Hi, Greg Willmott
i have not experienced this kind of problem myself. I would think it has to do with some settings which clash.
I would do:
a) search the forum with the extended search possibilities;
b) reset PRAM (Restart the computer holding down the 4 keys "option-contr-P-R" at the moment of the 1st chime, and keeping them pressed until a second chime)
c) check whether the problem happens if you put the PB to sleep while no application is running - if it happens only if it sleeps while applications are running, it might hint to these, especially their preference settings);
d) check the hardware memory (use disk-utility);
e) repair permissions (with disk-utility as well).
if all this doesn't point to a cause, i would try to reinstall the software from scratch. sorry - this take some time... for this, I would keep the following order:
1) BACK UP EVERYTHING you want to keep;
2) do an "Archive and Install"
3) check whether things are now fine.
if the problem persists, do
4) "ERASE and INSTALL" - performs a complete clean
installation, no old software remains.
if the problem now still persists, I would be inclined
to think that it is hardware, and that Apple has to be
approached;
if the problem has disappeard now, I think it points
at the settings of some applications (or hardware
such as external disk or mouse or...) . The
5) install the different applications one by one and try
after each one - if it shows the system, you might
have found the one which is incompatible with the
others...
sorry, might be a long search- but give it a try.
PLease, post back, Thomas

Mac Mini/Mountain Lion sleeps but won't wake up (or crashes) every night.

Hi everybody,
I have a mid-2010 mac mini server on which I recently installed Mountain Lion 10.8.2 (without server stuff).
Every night, it stops responding. The led is on but the display is off and it does not respond to mouse/keyboard. I even tried remote desktop.
The only solution is the power button...
What I already did :
- Reset Pram/Nvram
- Reset SMC
I also took a look at the console and I found a message that is fired just before the machine stops responding.
---- DAY 1 ----
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: GIGE (Network)
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
24/09/12 02:03:00,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
24/09/12 02:03:01,004 hidd[54]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
24/09/12 02:03:01,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Wake reason GIGE - bonjour - service connect
24/09/12 02:03:01,141 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
24/09/12 02:03:01,146 mDNSResponder[46]: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 02:03:02,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 1944 ms
24/09/12 02:03:02,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
24/09/12 02:03:02,599 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
24/09/12 02:03:02,607 mDNSResponder[46]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:C62C:03FF:FE0C:F227)
24/09/12 02:03:02,608 mDNSResponder[46]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 02:03:02,617 configd[18]: network changed: v4(en0:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS! Proxy SMB
24/09/12 02:03:32,209 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fe119e220d0> Mon Sep 24 02:07:26 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 02:03:32,210 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fe119e220d0> Mon Sep 24 02:07:26 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 20:13:29,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348510409 0
---- DAY 2 ----
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: GIGE (Network)
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
24/09/12 23:24:09,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
24/09/12 23:24:09,994 hidd[45]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Wake reason GIGE - bonjour - service connect
24/09/12 23:24:10,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 1135 ms
24/09/12 23:24:10,154 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
24/09/12 23:24:10,166 mDNSResponder[37]: DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 23:24:11,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
24/09/12 23:24:11,520 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
24/09/12 23:24:11,532 mDNSResponder[37]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:C62C:03FF:FE0C:F227)
24/09/12 23:24:11,533 mDNSResponder[37]: mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.0.100)
24/09/12 23:24:11,543 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS! Proxy SMB
24/09/12 23:24:40,684 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fb5d1e11910> Mon Sep 24 21:41:51 2012 CEST (approx)
24/09/12 23:24:40,684 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fb5d1e11910> Mon Sep 24 21:41:51 2012 CEST (approx)
25/09/12 19:03:47,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348592627 0
---- DAY 3 ----
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: RTC: Maintenance 2012/9/26 03:33:53, sleep 2012/9/26 01:34:04
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
26/09/12 05:33:54,000 kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701::selectMedium - autoselect, any duplex, flow control allowed
26/09/12 05:33:55,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link down on en0
26/09/12 05:33:55,175 hidd[46]: MultitouchHID: device bootloaded
26/09/12 05:33:56,000 kernel[0]: Graphics suppressed 2444 ms
26/09/12 05:33:56,000 kernel[0]: Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control, Debug [79ed,2301,0de1,0300,41e1,0000]
26/09/12 05:33:56,534 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.0.100) v6(en0-:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS- Proxy- SMB
26/09/12 05:33:56,645 com.apple.time[11]: Next maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fafe2e16a80> Tue Sep 25 20:31:50 2012 CEST (approx)
26/09/12 05:33:56,646 com.apple.time[11]: Requesting maintenance wake [Backup Interval]: <date: 0x7fafe2e16a80> Tue Sep 25 20:31:50 2012 CEST (approx)
26/09/12 05:33:56,686 configd[17]: network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.0.100) v6(en0+:fe80::224:d4ff:feb4:22f1) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
26/09/12 05:34:01,000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(671) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
26/09/12 19:04:50,000 bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1348679090 0
Any clue ?

Hi, I'm quite interested by your issue, because i get the exact same one.
On my mini (late 2012), system doesn t wake up from sleep if it has slept for more than 1 hour.
In fact I get the exact same message as you get in your console.
When I try and wake up system before the programmed maintenance wakeup, it wakes up fine.
But as soon as this programmed time has passed, it just won t wake up, I have to force switch it off via the power button and restart it.
I have nothing plugged on my mini except : AC - Thunderbolt display, and LAN connected to my freebox.
Do you still have the issue or is it ok now for you ?
I'll try in the upcoming days to plug the freebox in the thunderbolt display's adapter instead of the macmini's rj45.

10.9.2 sleep issue won't wake up.

When 10.9.2 on my iMac 27 mid 2011 goes to sleep naturally overnite it won't wake. I have to do a reboot with the back button. Is anyone else having this issue?

Hello JInterisano
For issues with waking from sleep, check out the article below to troubleshoot the issue as well as using the additional steps at the bottom.
OS X: When your Mac doesn't sleep or wake
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5357
Regards,
-Norm G.

Sleeping baby won't wake up

Last night, 24 hours after plugging her in for the first time, and actually enjoying the set-up procedure, I put my new I-Mac to sleep thinking I was going to start again soon. But this morning, she won't wake up. Tried all the command suggestions in the book, tested the power cord, removed and reinstalled the memory cards. Still nothing.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Lynn
17" I-Mac Mac OS X (10.4)

Hi,
have tried using a different powercord?
how about trying a different power supply?
a thought are you using a surge protector or UPS? these can go bad at any time.
Stay Cool,
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My laptop sleeps and won't wake up unless restarted.

Ever since I upgraded to Windows 10, my laptop has been behaving strangely. Whenever I "lock" my computer for a bit, it doesn't lock at all as when I come back on, the laptop unlocks and I am straight back to where I was. This is worrying as anyone could just get onto my stuff. Then i leave my laptop plugged in and "locked" overnight. When I come to it in the morning, The on/off button is lit but my screen stays blank and when I press any button nothing happens. I try pressing the on/off button but northing happens. The only way to get my computer to start is by pressing and holding the on/off button to completely switch my laptop off and then restart it. That's when i can sign in mto begin with and then the whole cycle starts again. I would be grateful for some help!

Command (Apple) + Control + Power button should get you a restart.
Instead, it would be my recommendation that you shut it down by holding the Power button down for 5 to 10 seconds.
Next, try resetting the PMU. The PMU (Power Management Unit) has control over the sleep function, so resetting it may help.
Then, every time you have to do a forced shutdown or restart instead of a normal one, there is a chance of hard drive damage and you should repair the hard drive, either by booting into Safe Mode OR by starting up from the Mac OS X Install Disc by inserting the disc and restarting your computer, holding down the C key at the end of the startup chime. Then choose Installer > Open Disk Utility (in Panther) or Utilities > Disk Utility (in Tiger) and select the hard drive in the left column. Choose the First Aid tab. Click Repair Disk to test and repair the hard drive.
Once you have repaired the hard drive with either Safe Mode or the Install disc's Disk Utility, then start up normally and repair permissions from Disk Utility in the Utilities folder on your hard drive.
If you take these steps, maybe you can bid the sleep problems goodbye.

Sleep problems: won't or wakes up

sporadic problem over several months. most of the time now. have tried about 50 things, including taking it to "we fix macs"; they found nothing.

kathleenfrompalo alto wrote:
Sleeps OK at shop, but not at home.
OK, assuming the following: at home when testing, you have only the keyboard and mouse plugged in. No Ethernet connection or any other USB or Firewire devices connected. If it doesn't sleep at home, then there is a problem with either the keyboard or the mouse, as virtually any USB event will wake the computer and USB activity will keep it from sleeping.
If it sleeps fine until the Ethernet cable is attached, then you may need to check the Energy Saver System Preference to make sure that neither of the Wake Options are checked.
You can test whether the keyboard or mouse is hanging sleep by using the Schedule capability in the Energy Saver System Preference to schedule a sleep event a minute or two after current time, then disconnect the keyboard and mouse. If it sleeps, then you've found your culprit.

New Leopard (10.5.2) problem: Won't wake up after sleep

Today I wanted to wake my iMac and it wouldn't. I had to restart it with the power button because nothing was happening.
I already have disabled Time Machine, so that couldn't be the problem (could it?).
This is the first time this happens to me on my iMac. Even 10.5.1 didn't do this.
I already did dig up my Tiger DVD. I'm about to downgrade (Vista & XP?)

sacha prins wrote:
How can you say that? Have you actually read all the problems people are having on this discussion board and on the 'net with Leopard?
People that don't have problems rarely post to the forums that are devoted to solving them. Millions of people are using Leopard. Do you think it would be the most successful Mac OS release ever if the problems were so widespread?
There are bugs in it but most of the problems end up being traced to issues that don't have anything to do with the OS itself: incompatible or out-of-date software running with it, file corruption, bad preference files, mis-set permissions, even user errors.
Before deciding you are suffering from a bug in the OS, consider the normal troubleshooting techniques that apply to every version of OS X: run Disk Utility's First Aid tests, create a new user account for testing, check your apps & utilities for updates or information about Leopard compatibility, etc.
When you post about a problem here, be sure to include relevant details, like your make & model of Mac, what software you are running when problems occur, any patterns you notice in when or how it occurs, anything unusual you have installed, etc. Don't assume somebody else's problem is caused by the same thing as yours, even if the symptoms are the same. It may be, but until we can spot commonalities, it isn't a safe assumption.
And don't forget, every OS Apple has ever released has been condemned by some as the worst ever.

W540 Sleep, Hibernate, Won't wake up, new Bios driver doesn't work (3/13/2015)

I am posting to this forum looking for a solution to this ridiculous problem of computer not waking up (monitor-wise) when it goes to sleep. To recreate the issue I merely walk away from computer for 10 minutes or so, come back, monitor is dark. If I hit any key the other 2 attached montors awake but the monitor on the W540 does not. I am sick and tired of having to reboot to get it to wake.
What I've done over past two months to fix this:
Tried many of the suggestions here including going back to previous "Intel" drivers
Tried the newest Bios update
This is a nagging and (in my opion) absolutley unacceptable problem to have. It's like stepping back 15 years to the infancy stages of laptops. I don't get it doesn't Lenovo have a QA department? Obvisouly not.
I hate to lump in mulitple problems and won't but I also want to say the touch pad is absolutely a failure. These two problems make the W540 more of a burden than a help. As it is now I would never recommend a Lenovo to anyone.
Wake up Lenovo, how many posts like these do you have to see and not do anything?
Solved!
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Media for Itunes on external hd. When drive sleeps itunes won't wake it up

I have a new mac mini. I keep all of my songs and movies on an external hd and itunes knows to look for them there. When I stream to my apple tv everything works great. If I wait a few hours without using it, the external hd will go to sleep and the apple tv will not wake it up. I have two different hd's so it is not specific to one. I have to restart the computer for Itunes and the apple tv will work properly again. Is there a setting that will solve my dilemma? I have troubleshot this extensively and I am certain the drives going to sleep are the cause of my problem.

is your idea to have the computer put the harddrive to sleep, then when it is needed it will wake it up? Because the sleep is what is causing the problem. I have verified the setting is not enabled but I suppose I could try enabling it to troubleshoot further.

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