Q: G4 continually sleeps
Helloooo -
I recently installed a new 120mm fan in my G4 to quiet the noise FYI. I was toying with the energy saver settings to stop the comp from sleeping while I recorded in Pro Tools. It would sleep, I would wake it, put in my password cause it was protected, and then it would promptly go back to sleep before I could even do a thing. I am talking ONE SECOND and it was asleep again, asking for a password to wake, etc.
So I rebooted, and the same thing immediately started happening after I logged in. So I shut her down and have no idea what to do cause I can't troubleshoot if it keeps falling asleep.
Mac OSX 10.4 on a MDD G4
Pro Tools 7.1.3cs
Any guesses? Solutions? Obv don't want to have to reinstall... FWIW I do have 10.4 and 10.6 on the computer on diff partitions so I could possibly reinstall on one, but it is currently on 10.4 as the problem persists.
Thanks for reading!
Billy
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), G4 MDD
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 6:59 PM
Hi Billy, I'm a bit confused, no G4 can run 10.6, did ypu mean 10.5?
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
How to reset the SMU/PMU on a Power Mac Earlier G3, G4, G5 models...
Posted on Jan 29, 2013 11:38 AM