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Andrej · Mar 19, 2011, 03:45 PM

Alright, so now I'm worried that I have a problem machine.

I have my MacBook (old and new) set to go to sleep after two minutes.

My old white MacBook never had a problem waking back up. But then again, its logic board was replaced early in its life.

With my Pro, however, sometimes, if I try to wake it up just as it is going to sleep, the computer will shut itself off ...well, actually it just becomes completely nonresponsive, no white sleep light, no display, and I have to hold the power button down for 6 seconds.

This has only happened to me twice in the past, like, 50 times, but I'm afraid that this may be a sign of YET ANOTHER computer that I own that needs a logic board replacement.

Has anyone else had this problem with this particular model?

Spheric Harlot · Mar 19, 2011, 04:25 PM

My new 13" is cool.

Lateralus · Mar 19, 2011, 04:46 PM

I'm sure somebody has, but they've probably already sent the machine off for servicing.

Waragainstsleep · Mar 20, 2011, 02:32 PM

2 Minutes seems a bit silly to me. Would drive me nuts very fast indeed. I can't imagine why it hasn't driven you nuts if you have already tried to immediately wake it 50 times already on a machine only a month old.

Andrej · Mar 20, 2011, 03:16 PM

What are you talking about?

SierraDragon · Mar 20, 2011, 03:24 PM

My new 17" MBP with SSD has shown no anomalies of any kind so far. Wakes from sleep normally. Sometimes it hangs for a few seconds as it wakes up - - just like I do.

-Allen

Waragainstsleep · Mar 20, 2011, 03:45 PM

Setting it to sleep after 2 minutes would drive me nuts.

Andrej · Mar 20, 2011, 07:28 PM

Well my philosophy is I'm either at/near my computer, or I'm away for at least 8 minutes. I'm also using the ram hard drive.

Spheric Harlot · Mar 21, 2011, 02:04 AM

What "ram hard drive"?

Andrej · Apr 15, 2011, 04:59 PM

RAM-based, as opposed to the rotational hard drives.

I mean, you don't say "solid state memory chip," you say RAM. The new hard drives are basically RAM chips. That's what they were called 10 years ago when a RAM-based hard drive cost $1000 for 1 GB.

Anyways, just thought I'd update and say that since upgrading to 10.6.7, and testing my computer for another few weeks, I have not had this sleep/shutdown problem come back up.

Cold Warrior · Apr 15, 2011, 05:44 PM

You're thinking of a solid state drive.

SierraDragon · Apr 15, 2011, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Andrej

...you don't say "solid state memory chip," you say RAM.

Actually, Solid State Drive (SSD) is the correct terminology. Random Access Memory (RAM) is a different beast architecturally.

...The new hard drives are basically RAM chips. That's what they were called 10 years ago when a RAM-based hard drive cost $1000 for 1 GB.

Ten years ago they were RAM hard drives; RAM space allocated for mass storage activities like Photoshop Scratch.