[iBook] Clamshell iBook failing to wake from sleep

[Robert Eye]

My son's clamshell iBook has developed the annoying
problem of (occasionally) not being able to wake from
sleep.

It is an intermittent problem, probably occurring
about 1/3 to 1/2 the time. He puts the iBook to sleep
(either by using the menu command or just closing the
lid) and it fails to wake the video. You can hear the
HD come up but the screen stays black. Holding down
the power button forces a restart and the iBook boots
normally. He doesn't get the more common problem (from
what I've found on a web search) of the gray screen or
flashing ? on restart.

Here are the machine particulars:

Graphite 366 MHz iBook (no FW)
96 MB RAM
VM off
Mac OS 9.2.2
Airport 2.0.4, turned on
Third-Party Apps he uses:
Claris Works 6.2.8
Netscape 7.0.2

I found several articles by Charles Moore on the
"Sleep of Death" issue on PBs in general, and a few
discussion forums (lots of discussion, but not much in
the way of solutions), but not much else.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this.


Regards,

Bob Eye
Dallas, TX