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scattered · Mar 15, 2007, 04:09 PM

this happened to me recently. my macbook was asleep inside a casemate sleeve inside my bag for about 45 minutes, and when i pulled it out it wouldn't wake up and the fans were running overtime. i had to set it aside and let it cool off before i could use it.

i haven't dared try this since. but from general experience, is this common or rare? should i invest in some kind of sleeve that provides ventilation?

highstakes · Mar 15, 2007, 04:15 PM

Happened to me a few times with my laptop, in most cases the computer didn't go to sleep.

skacoreimplore · Mar 15, 2007, 04:51 PM

If it really is asleep that doesn't seem normal

scattered · Mar 15, 2007, 05:10 PM

it did occur to me that it possibly didn't go to sleep, but i don't have any evidence of that.

walkerjs · Mar 15, 2007, 05:23 PM

No, that's not normal. I had that happen to mine accompanied with heavy battery drain back when I first got my Macbook. Apple tech dude walked me through resetting the power management system and it cleared that behavior right up. She now sleeps quietly in my bag with no heat and minimal power drain.

digitalscrap · Mar 15, 2007, 05:37 PM

If the fans were on when you took it out of the sleeve, it wasn't asleep... That would definitely make it overheat and not want to do anything until it cooled off.

Be careful with this guys, I keep seeing people apparently sticking their Macbooks into the sleeves/bags before they go to sleep, but it only takes a few seconds for it to go completely to sleep, so just slow down a bit. I always wait until I see the "heartbeat" before I stick it in my sleeve as I know it's asleep at that point.

It still goes to sleep (and wakes up) MUCH faster than any Windows laptop I've ever had...

scattered · Mar 15, 2007, 06:27 PM

well, i've resisted taking my macbook anywhere lately, but soon i won't have much of a choice. i'll keep on the lookout.

StickClicks · Mar 15, 2007, 11:55 PM

I have heard of this on a few occasions. Could it possibly be the "wake from blue tooth" feature?

walkerjs · Mar 16, 2007, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by digitalscrap

Be careful with this guys, I keep seeing people apparently sticking their Macbooks into the sleeves/bags before they go to sleep, but it only takes a few seconds for it to go completely to sleep, so just slow down a bit. I always wait until I see the "heartbeat" before I stick it in my sleeve as I know it's asleep at that point.

It still goes to sleep (and wakes up) MUCH faster than any Windows laptop I've ever had...

Yeah, this is why when I sleep my Mac I make sure I do two things first: switch off the bluetooth mouse, then once I've closed the cover I wait until at least one sleep light 'breathing' cycle before I put it into the bag. Switching off the mouse ensures that it won't inadvertently wake it up and confirming a breathing light indicates it's really asleep.

digitalscrap · Mar 17, 2007, 07:02 AM

Hmm... I guess "breathing" may be a better analogy for the light than "heartbeat" as I've always said. That's one slow heartbeat now that I think about it...

~bash $ · Mar 17, 2007, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by skacoreimplore

If it really is asleep that doesn't seem normal

Yes, I agree that this can happen when the computer doesn't sleep normally (happened to me in Ubuntu the other day), but if it's happening within Mac OS, then there might be some sort of power mismanagement going on.

I don't want to incite riots but worst case scenario is a battery malfunction - could be dangerous. I'd say call or visit Apple support.

ginoledesma · Mar 19, 2007, 06:18 PM

Happens to me sometimes (iBook, PowerBook, MacBook) -- it's normally a case where the Mac's display dims but the system itself isn't really sleeping. This can happen when you have USB devices plugged in and it "wakes" it up (I'm not sure if it goes into clamshell mode in those cases). When it happens to me, though, I notice that it has a hard time waking from "sleep" (or whatever limbo mode this is).