On 09/11/2008, at 5:32 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi, no offence taken. Clearly there is something going on, but having had this computer for a long time, I've checked out many of the options. Maybe there is something in the add ons. cheers, Susan.

I had problems with the drfivers for a Canon Multi Functional Scanner / Printer
that seemed to cause this problem .

It stopped working so now I have separate Epson scanner and Brother printer and no problem

Bob



On 09/11/2008, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Sorry Susan, I apologise for not including you in my reply ... it certainly was not intentional!
My BAD!

Ronni

On 09/11/2008, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

Hi Severin & Mike,

Usually it is an external USB or FireWire peripheral that causes sleep problems, or in a majority of cases it has been a software issue with either drivers and / or software to peripherals ... mainly printers.
OR
Short on RAM.
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_AU>

You could try this:
Set an aggressive sleep time of a few minutes, have a look at Activity Monitor and see if there are 3rd party background processes for peripherals that you can eliminate. Eliminate one and see if it goes to sleep.
Repeat till it sleeps as that should be the offending process.
If that process launches through your user's login items, maybe it doesn't have to. Another place to look would be in the offending application's preferences.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 09/11/2008, at 5:01 PM, Mike Fuller wrote:

Likewise, my G5 2.0 DP won't sleep without manual intervention.

I've tried removing everything I could from actively running, including startup items, and it didn't make any difference.

If anyone has any ideas I'd like to know also.

Cheers

Mike Fuller

On 09/11/2008, at 4:20 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi Severin, this doesn't help, but my G5 1.8 SP doesn't go to sleep by itself either, I have to do it manually. Hence, its not the best computer for using with my EyeTV, my mac mini will go to sleep when its finished recording a program, but the G5 keeps chugging on. cheers, Susan.


On 09/11/2008, at 3:14 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I am puzzled at the Sleep habits of my G5 1.8, 10.5.5.
If I select Sleep from the Apple menu it goes unambiguously into full sleep to be awakened by hitting a key. Energy saver is set to put displays to sleep after 7 mins (which it does) and to put the computer to sleep after 10mins. Additionally the disks are set to sleep whenever possible. If I walk away from the computer it never goes properly to sleep, the red light always shows in my USB mouse which will bring the display back to life with a mouse movement and I can hear the disks running. Mail is set to check every 15 mins, Degrees Down Under refreshes every 10 mins and Skype usually shows me online. I believe Activity monitor should lead me to what is preventing full sleep but am unable to interpret what I see. This is not a vital matter but I would like to understand what is going on, comments much appreciated. Severin Crisp (enjoying a wonderful sunny afternoon here in Albany)
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