[P1] iBook doesn't sleep properly

[Gorjan Todorovski]

I meant the left side of the touchpad from the bottom side is warm. I 
don't have airport card, and the laptop is not connected to a network 
or a phone line.


On Wednesday, Apr 23, 2003, at 22:09 Europe/Belgrade, Mark Kippert 
wrote:

> Gorjan Todorovski on 4/22/03 2:04 AM wrote:
>
>> My iBook seems it is not sleeping properly. It goes to sleep (the 
>> light
>> is "breayhing") but it wastes the battery quite quickly. For example
>> when I put it to sleep with a full battery it drains it in approx. 24
>> hrs. This started I think with the 10.2.4 upgrade. In normal work the
>> battery works ok. I think that the iBook doesn't not actually goes
>> fully to sleep since when it supposed sleeping the left side of the
>> touch pad heats a bit, so iot seems it is doing something. After it
>> drains the battery and shuts down I also lose the correct time&date 
>> (it
>> goes to January 1970).
>>
>> I have an 700 MHz iBook 14.1" with Mac OS X 10.2.5
>
> You say the touchpad feels warm when asleep. this would indicate that 
> you
> have the screen open when you put it to sleep (as opposed to closing 
> the
> lid). Is this the case?
>
> Do you have an airport card? Is the iBook set to wake up if it detects 
> an
> incoming call or network activity?
>
> I can't say for sure, but it may be possible that the AirPort card 
> and/or
> the modem continues to draw power even when asleep. They shouldn't of 
> course
> but perhaps something is causing them to remain active (ex: lid is 
> open,
> iBook is supposed to be asleep but modem is monitoring for incoming 
> calls).
>
> Seems like something similar has happened with other PowerBooks over 
> the
> years.
>
> Just a few thoughts.
> -Mark
>
>
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