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Any App for Resetting PMU/PRAM
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Nov 23, 2006, 10:31 AM
 
The title says it all. My wife's new MacBook Pro occasionally doesn't go to sleep when closed. Resetting the PMU or PRAM fixes it, but is there any way to do it without rebooting?
     
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Nov 23, 2006, 02:20 PM
 
I don't know of a software method to reset the PMU, and I'm not sure one is possible.

Why are you concerned about rebooting?
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Nov 23, 2006, 07:45 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
I don't know of a software method to reset the PMU, and I'm not sure one is possible.

Why are you concerned about rebooting?
Because my wife has a million Firefox windows open at any given time, all with Very Important Things, which would go away if she rebooted.

I think I remember an old version of TechTool (I'm thinking the OS 8 days) which would reset the PRAM manually in the application....
     
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Nov 23, 2006, 09:15 PM
 
Is it a Core 2 Duo MBPro? If not, there was an EFI update posted last week that is supposed to fix that issue.
     
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Nov 23, 2006, 09:26 PM
 
Firefox 2 also has a built in session manager...
     
   
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