Closing Lid Does Not Sleep MBP

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Closing Lid Does Not Sleep MBP

I have a 15" Macbook Pro. And just in the last week. when i shut the lid, there is absolutely no affect on the computer, it doesn't even attempt to sleep.

And I've not and never have had any of those programs that stop your laptop from sleeping.

The first time I realised was when i picked up an absolutely scorching hot macbook from my laptop bag, after a 1hr and a bit drive to uni.

I have repeated numerous times, restarted and then tried having no applications open, but it refuses to sleep.

I should also point out that it sleeps properly when i select it from the menu

Regards

Takumi

!!EDIT: i should add it isn't the same symptoms as other cases of it sleeping the waking ans sleeping. it just doesn't sleep at all

Macbook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 12, 2006 4:54 AM

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a brody

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Sep 12, 2006 5:36 AM in response to fujiwara.takumi

It is not a good idea to put your machine to sleep when traveling. Shut it down if you are going to travel any distance beyond the same room. The shaking and jarring motion could in theory damage the hard drive. I damaged three hard drives this way on bus rides that had many potholes. Now if the lid is not letting the machine sleep when no other programs are running, it sounds like you have a problem with the latch which needs to be looked at by AppleCare.

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Answer 2

Sep 13, 2006 6:49 AM in response to a brody

Thats what i feared, i was hoping it might be something 'PRAM'ish. The ride is smooth, and it sits in a padded case. But i might in future turn it off. Though the hard drive isn't moving when its sleeping, is it?

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Answer 3

Oct 3, 2006 6:28 PM in response to fujiwara.takumi

I have the same problem. As of today, closing the lid does not cause the MacBook Pro to sleep.

I'd like to know what the problem is, and how to fix it.

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mhulot

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Oct 3, 2006 10:29 PM in response to fujiwara.takumi

having the exact same problem, worked fine before the 10.4.8 update.

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Answer 5

Oct 4, 2006 12:01 AM in response to fujiwara.takumi

How about waking up? I have had the same problem in reverse. It does take quite a bit longer to go to sleep when I shut the lid than pre 10.4.8 update, but when I open it nothing. I have to tap a key to get it to wake up.

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Answer 6

Oct 4, 2006 1:18 AM in response to fujiwara.takumi

I have also been having this problem.

When I first startup, closing the lid will properly sleep my MBP. However, after some use, closing the lid does not cause it to sleep. It doesn't even try.

When I open the lid again, it appears it's been awake the whole time--I'm still connected to my wireless router, and there isn't any application or OS lag time I've come to associate with waking.

I noticed this problem only after an upgrade to 10.4.8.

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Answer 7

Oct 4, 2006 7:59 AM in response to fujiwara.takumi

I have the same issue on my MBP after going to 10.4.8. Also when it does come on, instead of asking for my password, it either doesn't ask at all, or it has a blue screen for 3-5 seconds, until then asking for the password.

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Answer 8

Oct 4, 2006 8:28 AM in response to fujiwara.takumi

I'm with you: ever since 10.4.8 my MBP doesn't sleep. Closing the lid seems to simply turn off the backlight and the computer continues to operate.

Here's a question for everybody: what happens to your display after you close the lid? Does the display actually turn off, or does just the backlight turn off? After I close the lid, my backlight turns off; I know the display continues to operate because when I open the lid, if I look closely at the screen before the backlight comes on, I can dimly see my Mac OS desktop.

2.3GHz Dual-core PowerPC G5 and MacBook Pro (2.0GHz Intel Core Duo) Mac OS X (10.4.8) 23" Cinema Display, iSight, iPod nano, 200GB LaCie drive

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Answer 9

Oct 4, 2006 8:51 AM in response to Andrew Robulack

My display does turn off completely. When I open the lid, the display is completely black, then it lights up. If it's been closed for a while, the screen saver will show up.

This occurs when I'm on battery or AC.

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Answer 10

Oct 4, 2006 9:00 AM in response to VictoryCig

Hey, now, like, that's weird dude: does the screen saver appear as the first screen image once the display turns on, or do you see the desktop first then the screen saver?

If you see the screen saver right away, that's indicative of activity whilst in "sleep" mode – why would the machine generate a screen saver in true sleep?

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Answer 11

Oct 4, 2006 12:17 PM in response to fujiwara.takumi

Same problem here. I couldn't understand why my MBP was so warm every time I took it out of the bag and I couldn't understand why the screen was turning blue every time I woke it up.

It apparently thinks that closing the lid means attaching a monitor, but that has never been the case. Which sane person would not use this gorgeous screen even if a second monitor was attached!

And don't come with "that is not a good idea". I have managed all my Mac portables like that for the past 6 years and that has never had an adverse effect on any of them and this behaviour has never been this way before.

Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB Ram.

MBP 1,83 GHz, 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Answer 12

Oct 4, 2006 12:41 PM in response to Kim Gammelgård

Blush a restart apparently solved the issue here...

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Answer 13

Oct 4, 2006 2:11 PM in response to Kim Gammelgård

I tried a restart but it didn't fix things for me.

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Answer 14

Oct 4, 2006 3:01 PM in response to Andrew Robulack

It does display the screen saver first because it is not sleeping at all.

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Answer 15

Oct 4, 2006 3:04 PM in response to Andrew Robulack

Restart sometimes fixes the problem for me, but only for a couple hours.

In addition, the restart sometimes doesn't help at all--problem continues just as soon as I restart.

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