[X4U] Reinstall or Wait

[Tim Collier]

On Jan 24, 2007, at 5:40 AM, Tim Collier wrote:

> Hi Group:
>
> I have a bit of a dilemma.  This is just a minor annoyance with my  
> Mac Pro.  Over the past few weeks, it's started to mis-behave just  
> on one thing.  When I tell it to go to sleep, it won't do it  
> immediately, sometimes I have to do this about 3-4 times before it  
> actually goes to sleep.  Now if I press the power button, it'll go  
> right to sleep without any problems and stay asleep.
> Of course I bought AppleCare with it and I called them yesterday  
> with this annoyance.  The tech had me do quite a few things:  we  
> reset the PRAM, created a different user account, etc and nothing  
> fixed it.  After she put me on hold for about 5 minutes to consult  
> with a senior tech specialist, she came back and told me to do an  
> archive and re-install of the OS.
> I really don't want to do this.  I have OS X 10.4.8 installed on a  
> RAID striped setup on 2 500 gig drives.  I have tons of  
> applications that I'd have to re-register (yes, I have all of the  
> serial numbers and such).  But this would involve a major project  
> and probably take half of the day doing something I HATE doing.
> Now to my question:  OS X 10.5 is coming out in the next few weeks  
> to months...I'm thinking March at the latest?  As soon as it comes  
> out, I'm buying it and I'll upgrade the current OS.  Should I do as  
> they told me--archive and install or just wait until I upgrade to  
> 10.5?
> After all, it's just a very minor annoyance, what is the advice of  
> the group?  Would you re-install or just wait for the next OS release?
>
> Tim
>
> --
> Tengo un manojo encantador de cocos.
>

I found the problem.  A Samsung USB Laser Printer.  When I  
disconnected it, the sleep problem is gone.  Will look into using it  
via one of my Airport base stations.  Any comments or suggestions  
would be welcome.

Tim

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Tim Collier
Mac Pro 2.66