Rhisiart
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My G4 also makes a racket these days. I noticed this increase in noise three months ago after having a new hard disc installed (I upgraded to a bigger disc). However, I am told that a noisy G4 can be due to the build up of dust on one or more fans.
The sleep issue is annoying. I am tempted to do a clean install and see what happens.
I do find it strange that although this is apparently a common problem, no-one seems to have an ansewer for it.
P.S. I have unchecked ALWAYS PUT THE COMPUTER TO SLEEP button in the Sleep Preferences panel. I understand that this is important. However, it has not changed anything.
The sleep issue is annoying. I am tempted to do a clean install and see what happens.
I do find it strange that although this is apparently a common problem, no-one seems to have an ansewer for it.
P.S. I have unchecked ALWAYS PUT THE COMPUTER TO SLEEP button in the Sleep Preferences panel. I understand that this is important. However, it has not changed anything.
My G4 made a racket from day 1.
I did a clean install a month ago -- no changes.
I also had consulted a genius at the Apple Store -- she said to get rid of energysaver.plist in my user preferences (didn't work.)
Another suggestion (which I did not try) open up the computer and reset "power management unit" (my notes are vague here -- reset to "off" -- that doesn't makes sense) -- Apparently it's a flat dot -- gray, on the motherboard -- she said to press "ever-so-slightly and ONLY ONCE" then unplug the computer for a while.
Hey! I'm not messing with the motherboard!
The last thing was to reset the p-ram (didn't work.)
Does your G4 go to sleep when you do it manually through the apple icon?
I did a clean install a month ago -- no changes.
I also had consulted a genius at the Apple Store -- she said to get rid of energysaver.plist in my user preferences (didn't work.)
Another suggestion (which I did not try) open up the computer and reset "power management unit" (my notes are vague here -- reset to "off" -- that doesn't makes sense) -- Apparently it's a flat dot -- gray, on the motherboard -- she said to press "ever-so-slightly and ONLY ONCE" then unplug the computer for a while.
Hey! I'm not messing with the motherboard!
The last thing was to reset the p-ram (didn't work.)
Does your G4 go to sleep when you do it manually through the apple icon?
The Ghost
In the Machine
rhisiart said:
Look in System Preferences > Energy Saver and make sure your sleep-related preferences are set correctly. You also could make sure that your Mac is not set to receive faxes in System Preferences > Print & Fax. And, you may need to delete some preference files. Go Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguraton and delete the com.apple.PowerManagement.plist and com.apple.AutoWake.plist files. If the latter file is not present, then go username > Library > Preferences and delete the com.apple.systemuiserver.plist file. Reboot after deleting these files.
Rhisiart
Registered
I wouldn't mess with the motherboard either, not unless I had won the lottery and had nothing to lose.
My G4 does go to sleep if I do it manually.
Since my last post I went into Mail preferences and set the check mail to manual (instead of every five mintues). I left the computer a while and amazingly it went to sleep atomatically (for the first time since my new HD was installed). A blip perhaps? I'll wait and see.
My G4 does go to sleep if I do it manually.
Since my last post I went into Mail preferences and set the check mail to manual (instead of every five mintues). I left the computer a while and amazingly it went to sleep atomatically (for the first time since my new HD was installed). A blip perhaps? I'll wait and see.