G4 will deep sleep, but not automatically

[Steven Kan]

My G4/450DP running 10.2.6 will deep-sleep if I press the power button
or if I select Sleep from the Apple menu, but if I just let it sit
there for 30-60 minutes, it only goes into light sleep (e.g. screen
goes dark and drives spin down, but the fans stay on).

I checked my Energy Saver settings, and "Separate sleep" and "Spin
down HDs" are both un-checked.

Anything else to look at? Thanks!

[please see related post about telnet sleeping!]

[Phil Lefebvre]

In article <mcmurtri-615814.21235421072003@typhoon.sonic.net>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net> wrote:

> In article <b133d89.0307210859.5cb19d56@posting.google.com> ,
> [email]steven@kan.org[/email] (Steven Kan) wrote:
>

> >My G4/450DP running 10.2.6 will deep-sleep if I press the power button
> >or if I select Sleep from the Apple menu, but if I just let it sit
> >there for 30-60 minutes, it only goes into light sleep (e.g. screen
> >goes dark and drives spin down, but the fans stay on).
> >
> >I checked my Energy Saver settings, and "Separate sleep" and "Spin
> >down HDs" are both un-checked.
> >
> >Anything else to look at? Thanks!
> >
> >[please see related post about telnet sleeping!]

Certain (actually many) older PCI cards will interfere with deep sleep.
SCSI cards, video cards, etc. xlr8yourmac.com trys to keep track of some
of them, and is a good place to get familiar with the issue.

Also, some hubs and other peripherals can interfere with deep sleep. Try
this: strip the machine back to stock, set sleep to 1 minute, then start
adding back devices until you find the culprit.

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[Mel Comisarow]

MY DP450 has the same problem that Steve Kan's DP450 has. I had an
Adaptac 2930 SCSI board installed that I quit using when I replaced my
Jaz and Syquest SCSI drives by a Firewire CD burner. So I removed the
SCSI board and any file that had Adaptec in its name. Same old problem.

Are their other files witaout Adaptec in their name, which were
necessary for proper Adaptec 2930 operation that I could now remove?

Thanks.



In article <p-lefebvre-8C60E4.19270022072003@reader1.news.rcn.net>,
Phil Lefebvre <p-lefebvre@GOnorthwestern.edu> wrote:

> In article <mcmurtri-615814.21235421072003@typhoon.sonic.net>,
> Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net> wrote:
>

> > In article <b133d89.0307210859.5cb19d56@posting.google.com> ,
> > [email]steven@kan.org[/email] (Steven Kan) wrote:
> >

> > >My G4/450DP running 10.2.6 will deep-sleep if I press the power button
> > >or if I select Sleep from the Apple menu, but if I just let it sit
> > >there for 30-60 minutes, it only goes into light sleep (e.g. screen
> > >goes dark and drives spin down, but the fans stay on).
> > >
> > >I checked my Energy Saver settings, and "Separate sleep" and "Spin
> > >down HDs" are both un-checked.
> > >
> > >Anything else to look at? Thanks!
> > >
> > >[please see related post about telnet sleeping!]

>
> Certain (actually many) older PCI cards will interfere with deep sleep.
> SCSI cards, video cards, etc. xlr8yourmac.com trys to keep track of some
> of them, and is a good place to get familiar with the issue.
>
> Also, some hubs and other peripherals can interfere with deep sleep. Try
> this: strip the machine back to stock, set sleep to 1 minute, then start
> adding back devices until you find the culprit.

[Phil Lefebvre]

In article <melcom-54F047.20312622072003@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net>,
Mel Comisarow <melcom@chem.ubc.ca> wrote:

> MY DP450 has the same problem that Steve Kan's DP450 has. I had an
> Adaptac 2930 SCSI board installed that I quit using when I replaced my
> Jaz and Syquest SCSI drives by a Firewire CD burner. So I removed the
> SCSI board and any file that had Adaptec in its name. Same old problem.
>
> Are their other files witaout Adaptec in their name, which were
> necessary for proper Adaptec 2930 operation that I could now remove?

Actually, the latest drivers should allow deep sleep with the 2930. I
have a 2930 in my Dual 1 GHz and deep sleep works fine. Regardless, once
you pull the card the drivers won't load, so that is not your problem.

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