Late-2008 MacBooks freezing when waking from sleep

Several users are reporting an issue in which Late-2008 MacBooks freeze when waking from sleep, sometimes with the screen turned on but the cursor frozen and other times with the screen completely blank.

A sampling of reports from this Apple Discussions thread:

"Several times now my computer has completely frozen just after it comes out of sleep mode, and I've had to manually shut it down using the power button."

"I've noticed it only seems to happen when I am operating on battery power"

"This is happening a few times a day for me now. It doesn't always do it after sleep anymore either. No kernel panics, no warning, just frozen everything. The only option is a manual restart."

This problem has occurred with previous Apple portable models but, based on user reports, appears to occur much more frequently with the new models.

We suspect that Apple will issue a firmware update to address this and other issues with the Late-2008 MacBooks. In the meantime, however, you can try not connecting or disconnecting any devices will the system is asleep, and/or disabling the screen saver by setting the activation delay to "Never."

If you are experiencing a similar issue, please let us know.

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