insomniac mac

[Michael Grant]

I'll try a different mouse -- it does have an optical mouse attached.
But it's not like it'll stay asleep for a while and then wake up
unexpectedly -- it consistently wakes up a split-second after shutting
down.

Thanks,
Michael

On 5/8/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
>
> On May 8, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Michael Grant wrote:
>
> > I have an eMac running 10.4.9 that has refused to go to sleep for the
> > past week or so. AFAIK (it's mainly my wife who uses it), nothing new
> > has been installed or changed recently. If I choose Sleep from the
> > apple menu, it seems to spin down, the screen goes dark and the fan
> > goes off, but only for a split second before everything comes right up
> > again. I've logged in to different accounts to confirm that the
> > problem is not tied to any one account, but I really don't know where
> > else to start troubleshooting. Any ideas?
>
>
> try plugging in a different  mouse and keyboard.  One of them may be
> ultra sensitive or broken and sending spurious events
>
> Just a guess but the symptoms sound like when I had an optical mouse
> that would move ever so slightly when a table was bumped and wake up
> a machine
>
> Chad
>
>


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