Another G4 sleep question...

[LG]

on 1/13/03 8:14 PM, Power Macintosh G4 List at G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com
wrote:

> Sorry if this has been covered before. Since replacing the dodgy Formac
> video card with an ATI one I have regained proper sleep on my Mac, i.e. the
> fan powers down and it's silently pulsing the light. It does this if I push
> the power button or choose Sleep from the special menu. However, Energy
> Saver is set to sleep after 10 minutes, and if the Mac enters sleep mode
> like this, i.e. on it's own, the fan stays running and it's not properly
> asleep. Any ideas? I haven't tried it in Jaguar yet as I'm still running
> 9.2.2 most of the time.
> 
> Tim.


Found this article *Power Mac G4: Second ATI RAGE 128 PCI Card Affects
Low-Power Mode* the other day in the Apple Knowledge Base regarding ATI
cards:

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58725&SaveKCWindowURL=http%3
A%2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKC
ToHomePage&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com&showButton=false&
randomValue=100&showSurvey=false&sessionID=anonymous|161888188>

...looks like this could be what you are experiencing.

Liz