aaike
bacteria-troubled-brain
From time to time I observe this very anoying 'bug' on my TiBook 1Ghz 1Gb RAM with Mac OS 10.4.2. I used the search function and could find all kind of freezes but none seemed to be similar to what I observe...
At times, especially after a long day working on my powerbook, when I close the lid the screen goes dark but the ventilator keeps spinning a long time (15 min. and more but usually this is the time I want to pack my laptop and go home :-( ) and the sleep light doesn't go on. When I reopen the lid the screen is still black, pushing buttons doesn't work (adjusting volume doesn't give a sound) but the ventilator still keeps spinning. The only option remaining (I suppose/am affraid) is to hold the power button to switch the machine off (while hoping I didn't lose too much work).
As for potential causes I was suspecting the following things I regularly swap (in which case it would be a Mac OS X bug). I regularly switch between Ethernet (at work) and Airport (at home) for networking/browsing. I also have an external Firewire HD which I regularly disconnect (using the eject button in the Finder) before putting my powerbook to sleep. Could this cause the observed behaviour?
I have been running cocktail for repairing permissions etc. but the problem seems to be coming back when I least expect it. I hope it's not my TiBook that is getting old or st.
Any ideas what might work? What might cause this problem?
At times, especially after a long day working on my powerbook, when I close the lid the screen goes dark but the ventilator keeps spinning a long time (15 min. and more but usually this is the time I want to pack my laptop and go home :-( ) and the sleep light doesn't go on. When I reopen the lid the screen is still black, pushing buttons doesn't work (adjusting volume doesn't give a sound) but the ventilator still keeps spinning. The only option remaining (I suppose/am affraid) is to hold the power button to switch the machine off (while hoping I didn't lose too much work).
As for potential causes I was suspecting the following things I regularly swap (in which case it would be a Mac OS X bug). I regularly switch between Ethernet (at work) and Airport (at home) for networking/browsing. I also have an external Firewire HD which I regularly disconnect (using the eject button in the Finder) before putting my powerbook to sleep. Could this cause the observed behaviour?
I have been running cocktail for repairing permissions etc. but the problem seems to be coming back when I least expect it. I hope it's not my TiBook that is getting old or st.
Any ideas what might work? What might cause this problem?
