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quad g5 power mac continually goes to sleep

power mac goes to sleep continually. will wake up and work for a little bit, then back to sleep?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 29, 2013 7:54 PM

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Aug 30, 2013 11:33 AM in response to Bruce Rose

Hello,


Have you blown the dust out lately?


Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...


http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor


If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.


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 G5 (Late 2004) or Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) ...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436

quad g5 power mac continually goes to sleep

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