My Mac goes into sleep mode while playing videos or DVDs.

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My Mac goes into sleep mode while playing videos or DVDs.

This started happening last week. I was watching Veronica Mars and all of a sudden my computer goes to sleep. At first I though it was because I had it on energy saver mode, but it just kept on happening. Tonight I wanted to watch Camp Rock on Disney XD and after a few minutes it shut down. I went on You Tube to watch my friend's videos and the same thing happened. Does anyone know what's wrong?

iMac G5 w/ iSight, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jun 23, 2008 7:38 PM

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MGW

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Jun 23, 2008 7:59 PM in response to Starxed

Welcome to Discussions - the problem is probably overheating, which causes your computer to sleep. Look in you Applications>Utilities>Console and see if your System log shows "maximum temperature exceeded for 30 seconds". This would indicate a problem with your Power Supply Unit or a faulty temperature sensor. You should take it in to be looked at.

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Jun 23, 2008 9:27 PM in response to Starxed

Bingo - This is exactly what's been happening with mine as well for the past few days. Thought it was getting hot - probably it's real and not a bad sensor.

Thanks for telling us where to look for the log!

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Jun 29, 2008 5:41 PM in response to MGW

There's no mention of overheating in the logs. At first I thought it was the problem, but the computer isn't even warm when it happens. I'm getting it checked on Tuesday.

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MGW

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Jun 29, 2008 7:07 PM in response to Starxed

Let us know what the diagnosis is, please.

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