March 17, 2006 1:45 PM PST
MacBook Pro Special Report: Kernel panics upon waking up (Inability to wake from sleep)
Several users have reported that their MacBook Pros cannot properly wake up from sleep -- an issue that has been seen with various models of both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs.
Some users report that turning off safe sleep, via the following terminal command:
- sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
resolves the issue.
Other readers have reported success with some of the workarounds listed in our tutorial, "Dealing with Wake-from-sleep issues." Among them:
- Do not connect, disconnect external devices during sleep
- Terminate network activity before sleep
Index:
- 30" Cinema Display distortion
- Airline, auto power adapter problems
- Audio distortion/poor sound quality
- Apple addressing issues with new revisions?
- Battery Exchange Program
- Battery problems: Shuts off when not connected to power, more
- Built-in Display distortion
- Clock speed of ATI X1600 card -- some units apparently underclocked
- Cooling solutions
- Dead-on-arrival units
- Display slightly bent, not latching properly -- solutions
- Downgraded SuperDrive relative to PowerBook G4
- ExpressCard issues
- FireWire 800 cards for ExpressCard/34 slot on the way
- High-pitched whining noises: Eliminating; Apple acknowledges
- iSight not functioning properly -- fix
- Kernel panics caused by AirPort drivers; Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed
- Kernel panics upon waking up (Inability to wake from sleep)
- Lack of alternative power adapters
- LEAP Networks; cannot connect to
- Loss of speaker capabilities
- Missing components
- Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed
- Notes from service manual
- Poor general network performance
- Printer issues: Not recognized, more
- Problems sharing the Internet connection
- Release notes
- Repeated system freezes or sudden restarts -- checking for bad RAM
- Replaced logic boards have no software serial numbers
- Slow networking performance with VLANs; VOIP phones
- Wireless connectivity issues
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