Re: laptop keeps going to sleep

Hi Yvonne, My Warning first... Make sure you have CURRENT BACKUPS! Are you able to complete Time Machine backups and a bootable backup without the PowerBook going to sleep? What did the "system.log" show... Did the system logs report: "Power Management received emergency overtemp signal. Goin

Re: laptop keeps going to sleep

Hi Ronni well i did both those things and no change. Eyetv is playing ok and appears to be recording ok but when i try to play recordings it cuts out. I deleted everything to do with eyetv or elgato and reloaded this morning. again the tv is running ok, recorded some of sunrise, waited a bit th

Re: laptop keeps going to sleep

Thanks Ronni, I have to run for now so will try those things later and let you know how i go Yvonne On 09/12/2012, at 12:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Yvonne, > > Try resetting thePMU (Power Management Unit) first. > 1. Turn the PowerBook OFF > 2. Disconnect the AC power adapter and Remove t

Re: laptop keeps going to sleep

Hi Yvonne, Try resetting thePMU (Power Management Unit) first. 1. Turn the PowerBook OFF 2. Disconnect the AC power adapter and Remove the computer's battery 3. Press & Hold the Power Button for 5 seconds and then release the button 4. Reconnect the battery and the AC Power Adapter 5. Press the po

laptop keeps going to sleep

my powerbook G4. 1.67Ghz, 10.4.11 is going to sleep every couple of minutes for no apparent reason. [Noted first when running eyetv playback or recorded prog, suddenly went to black screen and the sleep light came on. Thought it might just be that particular recording being strange but same with