TuckerdogAVL
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Okay. I'm going crazy with the Sleep thing. My Quicksilver 2002 will go to sleep if I do it....but it won't automatically. Here are things to know:
1. This is not a 100% thing. I have been able to get it sleep in the past. It has run for months okay. Then, for apparent reason, (meaning NOTHING has been added externally, we hang on sleep).
2. The worst has been in the past 2 years. Right now, it's been about six months since it went to sleep automatically.
3. I am running 10.4.11. I do not run any Norton or antistuff software.
4. I am not running a network.
5. I have checked all the correct boxes in "Energy Saver." Refer to #1: In the 7 years soon that I have owned it it has worked flawlessly, so please don't ask if I've checked connections.
6. I do all the updates for all the software and computer regularly. (This is where I think the problem actually lies now).
What I have done:
1. I have disconnected every peripheral. I have rebooted. I've got a 2.0 USB installed and the 1.x that came with it. With a scanner, printer, external, mouse, keyboard, iSight, Cinema monitor and LaCie DVD burner, through trial and error I have come up with the only combination that will allow me to *manually* put the computer to sleep without hanging and to wake. FYI: The keyboard and mouse MUST be installed into the originally USB ports. Then, I can awaken the machine with the keyboard or mouse. Also, I can manually put to sleep only if the 2.0 USB mouse and keyboard are installed in the original 1.xUSB ports. Otherwise it will hang.
(If the mouse or keyboard which are 2.0 USBs are installed in the USB ports I cannot awakened the mouse. They must be installed in the original 1.x USP ports).
2. I have also tried turning everything off (which defeats the purpose if I have to run to a meeting or leave the room and forget to do everything. If I have to do that, I just put it manually to sleep. Doh!)
So?
Is there anything I can "run" other than disk utility to figure out if there is something hanging the computer?
1. This is not a 100% thing. I have been able to get it sleep in the past. It has run for months okay. Then, for apparent reason, (meaning NOTHING has been added externally, we hang on sleep).
2. The worst has been in the past 2 years. Right now, it's been about six months since it went to sleep automatically.
3. I am running 10.4.11. I do not run any Norton or antistuff software.
4. I am not running a network.
5. I have checked all the correct boxes in "Energy Saver." Refer to #1: In the 7 years soon that I have owned it it has worked flawlessly, so please don't ask if I've checked connections.
6. I do all the updates for all the software and computer regularly. (This is where I think the problem actually lies now).
What I have done:
1. I have disconnected every peripheral. I have rebooted. I've got a 2.0 USB installed and the 1.x that came with it. With a scanner, printer, external, mouse, keyboard, iSight, Cinema monitor and LaCie DVD burner, through trial and error I have come up with the only combination that will allow me to *manually* put the computer to sleep without hanging and to wake. FYI: The keyboard and mouse MUST be installed into the originally USB ports. Then, I can awaken the machine with the keyboard or mouse. Also, I can manually put to sleep only if the 2.0 USB mouse and keyboard are installed in the original 1.xUSB ports. Otherwise it will hang.
(If the mouse or keyboard which are 2.0 USBs are installed in the USB ports I cannot awakened the mouse. They must be installed in the original 1.x USP ports).
2. I have also tried turning everything off (which defeats the purpose if I have to run to a meeting or leave the room and forget to do everything. If I have to do that, I just put it manually to sleep. Doh!)
So?
Is there anything I can "run" other than disk utility to figure out if there is something hanging the computer?