Sudden "Won't sleep" problem

Hey all: Hope the World Cup is treating your team well. So, running 10.4.6, Quicksilver 933, and all of a sudden, when I attempt to sleep it, it does and then right away wakes again ... will not sleep. Any insight? Thanks in advance,
James

Try restting the Power Management Unit (PMU). This is probably a small button inside the computer. Or, try Zapping PRAM (optapple+RP on startup, and listen for 3 "bongs" before releasing the keys).

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Greetings, all.
I bought a Macbook a few weeks ago. Sometimes, while I am in middle of typing a document or some other way using the computer, it will suddenly go to sleep. Hitting keys does not usually wake it up. Most of the time I have to close the lid, let it sit for a minute or two, open the lid again, and that usually brings it back. I sent it in to Apple, and, naturally, they couldn't recreate the problem.
I have tried to isolate the conditions under which this problem usually occurs, but I couldn't see any pattern. Until it occurred to me that every time I remember it happening, I was using it on my lap, which means it was constantly moving around, if only a slightly. In fact, sometimes it happens just as I move it to change sitting position.
My question is, could this in some way be related to the sudden motion dectector? If so, is there something I can do about it?
To the best of my recollection this problem has never happened while resting on a completely stable surface, like a table top. Just to test it out, I have only been using it on level surfaces the past couple of days, and it hasn't happened once. This might also explain why Apple couldn't recreate the problem in the week they had it. I assume they weren't testing it on their laps.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any help.
DPL
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Try restting the Power Management Unit (PMU). This is probably a small button inside the computer. Or, try Zapping PRAM (optapple+RP on startup, and listen for 3 "bongs" before releasing the keys).

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Every so often my MacBook Pro won't sleep or shut down. I can't find any rhyme or reason to it.
I notice the problem when I close lid, and it doesn't go to sleep. I then hit apple menu:sleep, and it does nothing. I hit shutdown, and OS shuts down, but gets stuck at blue screen with spinning circle indefinitely. Have to hold power button for 5 seconds to finally shut down. Startup is then slow, but doesn't give me an error message indicating improper shutdown or failure.
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I am also experiencing the exact same problem you are describing. Completely random when the machine will not sleep or shutdown, although it seems to occur more often when I've had the machine running for a few days, moving between home and office locations.
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It's not just HP, but Dell too. Suggest switching the power options settings to "never" and always shutting down Windows before closing the lid. PITA, but avoids all those 'hard stops' doing any damage. I've partly fixed the issue on my machine by updating all the drivers to very latest, shutting down and rebooting, then shutting down, removing the battery pack, holding down the power button for at least 30 seconds, then replacing the battery and booting up as usual. So far, this has fixed the "sleep" problem, but HIbernate is still not working. I've a Dell machine, but a lot of the Hardware is common to the HP laptops - Intel Video etc. Steve

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Macbook Pro 5,1. Running Bootcamp 2.1. Machine will enter sleep mode successfully a few times (1-4 times) and then suddenly will not. Sleep light glows constantly and opening the lid shows a black screen.
Brightness controls work (can see the screen lightening) and volume keys work (here 'pop' noise increasing and decreasing).
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Never saw a Macbook Pro;
You Can Google search "Macbook PRO"Windows+sleepfix
Copy paste that into the search & Check various yourself
This one received positive response but seems on the Mac side.
http://www.gcsdblogs.org/roodhouse/?p=746
The fix for this problem can be found in the NETWORK panel of System Preferences. Click on the Ethernet Connection
If this service was already marked INACTIVE simply switch it back to MAKE SERVICE ACTIVE and then hit apply.
If it was already set to active then Click on MAKE SERVICE INACTIVE then hit apply.
Now restart your computer. After the restart go back to this same screen and click on MAKE SERVICE ACTIVE, now make sure to hit apply.
This will fix the sleep problems on a Macbook running 10.5.7. Interestingly it also fixes the sleep problems with a Macbook pro running 10.6 Snow leopard.
http://www.itworld.com/hardware/69612/apple-issues-fix-macbook-pro-sata-interfac e
Just found that disabling the "wake-on sleep" option of my mouse, network and modem seems to fix the problem.
It may just be that my mouse or some other device tries to wake up the PC while it is going to sleep, and the computer gets all confused.
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I just updated to 10.4.11 reluctantly from 10.4.9 as whenever I do update I always have issues...I basically just went to software update last week and updated to everything I could. I've just been reading the forums and noted that updating is not always that easy...
Well basically my computer won't sleep if the lid is left open, this is IMMENSELY annoying since I often leave my desk to work on drawings, and I don't want energy being wasted like it is at the minute. Call me picky but I just want my computer to work.
I've reseted the PRAM, (option, alt, p and r), closed all applications, etc, but no luck...
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My G4 (mdd) won't go to sleep anymore. Neither on its own via energy saver nor when you press the power button or select sleep in the apple menu. Does anyone know what to do?
I already unplugged my USB devices, didn't help. Then I trashed my energy saver and bluetooth preferences and reset PRAM by pressing <commandoption+PR> at startup, no luck. I read all the previous posts about this issue and did everything they said, but it didn't help.
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WAKE UP
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FILE CORRUPTION
Your Bluetooth preference file may be corrupt-you'll need to delete it. Turn Bluetooth off, then go to the /Users/user name/Library/Preferences folder. Look for a file called com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and trash it.The OS will create a new preference file when you enable Bluetooth again.
ENERGY SAVER
If you have issues with a Mac or display that goes to sleep at inappropriate times, you may have a problem with Energy Saver. Delete the following .plist files and restart:
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-/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist
A restart is very important after deleting these plists. After a reboot your Mac will then generate new ones.
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Some, in these forums, have had luck fixing sleep issues downloading the combo update from this site (yours may be corrupt), not Software Update, disconnect all firewire + USB devices except keyboard + mouse, Repair Permissions, re-install update, Repair Permissions again + try.
Yours would be the 10.3.9 combo update. Others here would use the one for their version.
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DALE

My MBP won't sleep HD, and I have tried every solution already posted.

This is a persistent problem that began over 1 year ago, so information about how this unit might have been configured when it began is no longer available, but I have scoured this and google in general, using all search terms I can think of and still I can not pin point a reason my HD will not sleep. I have been advised that there is a "process" keeping my unit awake, but I don't understand how that is possible when it won't even sleep when it is on the startup screen. So here are some particulars.....maybe you have some new thoughts?
I drive a MBP with a 2.4 Core Duo processor running OS 10.9.1, 5gb of mem, 750gb of storage with 500+ free.
1) I made a clean install of system software and a clean upgrade to Mavericks (as a way to try to solve the problem which began when I was using Mtn Lion). There is no third part software loaded onto the machine, yet.
2) I have yet to launch iTunes, or iPhoto, or a Browser, no printer has been added.
3) The result is the same regardless of user or preferences. It does it in "safe mode". The Terminal doesn't give any reason for aborting sleep using "pmset -g" command. It just has a "10". Bluetooth is turned off, notifications are turned off, sharing is turned off, airport is turned off...it's not even connected to the internet. The only software on the computer is the system. There are no peripherals.
4) It won't sleep even on the start-up screen. It won't sleep if I go through the menu or close the lid. It will power off the monitor, and begin to wind down the HD, but just as it reaches the end of the sequence BING and the screen comes on again. If the lid is closed, it will stay that way until the battery runs out, unless it's plugged in. SMC and VMRAM resets not effective.
5) I have no files on this computer so I don't care about losing them.
6) This computer did not have this problem using Snow Leopard, and even worked for a time using Mtn Lion and changing to Mavericks has not affected the problem which leads me to think it's not OS related. It acts like a firmware issue, but as far as I can find there is no firmware upgrade for my unit.

Hello Bobz,
Thank you for responding. You require that I modify #2, above. I have now gone on internet, opened Safari. I downloaded etrecheck, restarted, waited for computer to cycle through sleep cycle (1 min). After failure, I ran etrecheck. Here are the results:
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                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
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          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
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Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
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               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          mds
               0%          imagent
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          31 MB          mds
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