Won't accept password when waking from sleep.

a client of mine is having an issue where her mac won't accept her password after waking from sleep. The same password works when she restarts. She has confirmed that caps lock is off. Any Ideas?
I left her a message trying to find out more details about her computer like OS version and stuff. Will update this when i hear from her.

She still hasn't returned my call, but i know that she is able to type. Whether its wifi keyboard or not I do not know.

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Hi,
There is an answer for that already
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Message was edited by: Joshua213

My bad on not reporting back sooner. Indeed, replacing the PRAM battery did not fix the problem. The situation seems odd to me as I was able to sometimes wake the computer from sleep without it quitting while others times it dies. It does fine as long as it doesn't go to sleep. I can start it up and shut it down with no problems; additionally, it appears to do fine even when left on for long periods of time as long as it doesn't go to sleep. To be correct it doesn't seem to so much be the state of "sleeping", but the act of trying to wake it up from sleep. I don't think ventilation is a problem.
What I have done is just set it to not sleep. We just shut it down once in awhile. Rather than forking out the money, I think I will just use this work around as long as it continues to work.

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