[G4] Flame Wars/Sleep Problems

[Luke Rademacher]

On the topic of the G4 Sleep issue which I've been reading on I can  
tell you of my dealings with it.

I have a MDD Dual 1.25GHz G4. It was purchased new in 2003. It's been  
Overhauled twice since then, courtesy of AppleCare, thank the Lord.

It has always had some sort of Going to sleep problem with my Two PCI  
cards that I have with USB ports.
1 card is a Combo Firewire 400 / USB 1.1 card (2 ports each) that  
migrated from my old BWG3. The Other card is a 5port USB2.0 Card  
which I use extensively for my Canon Printer, Scanner, iPod and for  
using very fast large capacity Flash drives.

As long as these two cards are in my computer, my Mac will not sleep  
properly.

I am using Mac OSX 10.4.11. I have yet to try Leopard and am still  
debating.

I typically leave my Mac on 24/7 unless there is a storm or I am  
going too be gone from home for longer than a couple days.

I never figured out how to fix this issue, I learned to live with it.

Peace,


Luke Rademacher
Liquid Zone Graphics
Mac mini 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo DVD/CDRW,  
Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.5, ext NewerTech miniStack w/ 320GB HD.
MDD Dual 1.25Ghz G4, 2GB RAM, 250GB/120GB/80GB HD's, 16x DL DVD±R/RW  
Superdrive, Mac OSX Tiger 10.4.11, Classic Mac OS 9.2.2.
External 1TB HD FireWire 400
Intel Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Ubuntu Linux 8.04
5.5th gen 80GB Enhanced Video iPod
Canon CanoScan 8400F
Canon Pixma iP4500

On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Mike Bechtold wrote:

> Gentleman and ladies, please...
>
> The gentleman in question has apologized for his
> texting-style English multiple times. Let's keep
> this a civil forum, and the focus on helping each
> other use our Mac's.
>
> Robert: I've read that there is a bug in 10.4 and
> below that prevents a PPC with a USB card from
> sleeping. The bug was purportedly fixed with Leopard.
> Did the problem show up before or after the USB card
> was installed?
>
> - Michael B. in Cincinnati
>
>