I have had the same problem when using my usb 2 card on OS 10.3.9. However, I found that the problem only seems to occur with bus powered devices connected to he usb 2 card. I have two printers that are self powered and there is no problem with them connected. I use the built in usb 1 connection for my keyboard and mouse and if I need to use a bus powered device on the usb 2 card I disconnect before sleeping. A bit of a nuisance but better than a hard shutdown with the startup button on my 1.25 GHz DP MDD. I haven't seen the problem since upgrading to OS 10.4.11 but I haven't really tested all combinations. S. Kennedy On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:35:45 -0500, Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net wrote: >>> ...would it be more beneficial to the computer to just leave it run? >> >> There is nothing wrong with sleep. > > There are exceptions. The USB2 card in my MDD 1.25 DP puts the > machine in a coma if I allow the sleep process, i.e., it can't be > awakened. So I'm limited to sleeping the monitor and HD. > -- > T.T. > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4