[G4] sleep problem after upgrade

[Wayne Wilkin]

Have you done the basics, zapped pram, repair permissions, run  
Diskwarrior?

On Sep 1, 2006, at 1:40 AM, D. Metzler List Mail wrote:

> Hello,
> I just installed a pioneer DVD writer and PCI firevire 800 card
> in a mirror door dual 1G G4, (10.2.8) and although everything seems
> to be working the machine won't go to full sleep anymore (the
> screen goes black but the fan and/or the HD remain on, as
> do the power lights on the G4 and 17" flat pannel display.
> Same thing happens whether trying sleep from the menu or letting
> the energy settings do it.
>
> Any ideas or exeriences with this?  (E.g., before I tear things  
> apart again and see if I can identify the cause physically I was  
> wondering
> if it might be a software issue say with the driver for the DVD RW?)
>
> Apologies if this is a known problem...but I hadn't heard about it.
>
> BTW, if anyone is thinking about upgrading to a faster DVD writer
> like this one, you should know that the newer Pioneers have a bigger
> tray than the original and will take some nasty trimming of the
> support carriage and door frames to let it open ;(
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Doug Metzler
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