View Full Version : Pbook turns off automatically in sleep mode
Jul 27, 2004, 10:26 AM This afternoon the following happened to
my PowerBook.  I'm in the office, close the lid, check the
pulsing light is on and go out to lunch. Upon my return I found
that the light was off and when I opened the lid nothing
happened. I also noted that it was rather hot, which surprised
me as normally it cools down while in sleep mode.  The only way
out was to press and hold down the power button, which then
triggered a normal startup. My temperature gauge confirmed that
it was running at 50.5c which is the sort of temperature it gets
to when I am working on it normally.  To double check everything
was back to normal I closed the lid again, checked the pulsing
light was on and then left it for an hour, (working on my office
PC unfortunately). When I came back to it, the light was still
on and it fired up fine on opening the lid. The temperature had
also dropped down to 40c.  I've had the machine for about a
month with no probl