Macbook restarts when closing lid.

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Macbook restarts when closing lid.

I recently replaced the DVD player with a SSD hardrive and since then I have problem with restarts when closing the lid. I need to turn my computer off when its not in use because its keep on restarting like in some kind of infinite loop. So far I tried several maintaince steps without luck.

I did so far:

- reset RAM

- repair permissions

- erase Sleepmode files and deactivate it

- reset SMC

Active Profiles:

Battery Power -1*

AC Power -1

Currently in use:

standbydelay 4200

standby 0

halfdim 1

sms 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

gpuswitch 2

disksleep 0

sleep 10

autopoweroffdelay 14400

hibernatemode 0

autopoweroff 1

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 15

acwake 0

lidwake 1

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7//8 GB

Posted on Jan 26, 2014 2:37 PM

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Answer 1

spjuver555 Author

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Jan 27, 2014 11:38 PM in response to spjuver555

So I found this small script and now my computer never goes to sleep. I still like to resolve the problem and go back to my previouse settings where my computer goes to sleep on closing lid.

https://code.google.com/p/macosx-nosleep-extension/

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Answer 2

Jan 28, 2014 12:39 AM in response to spjuver555

If you're booting from the SSD, it needs to be installed in the hard drive bay, not in the optical bay. MacBook Pros just expect the boot drive to be in the hard drive bay and that's where the system looks for the boot drive.

I don't know that swapping the drives will solve your sleep problem - or maybe you already have a SSD in the HD bay? - but this is just a heads up 'just in case.'

Clinton

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Answer 3

spjuver555 Author

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Jan 28, 2014 11:33 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thanks Clinton. I was actually wondering what was the difference and now I know. So far my computer is behaving normal, sleeping and acting OK. Thanks 🙂

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