shanetutwiler Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for any advice you can give. My brother in law gave me his old MacBook (I'm not sure what the processor is, but it has 2GB of RAM) for Christmas. It was working perfectly fine that day, and I took it home and started to install OSX Leopard. That's when the trouble started... As you can see in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4X2AB_hENo ...it keeps going to sleep every few seconds. If I wait a moment and hit any button, it activates again...then goes right back to sleep. I'm normally a PC user, so I've only been able to try a couple of things I've seen on the board here, including: Disconnecting the power chord and holding the power button for 5 seconds. Rebooting the computer while holding down Command-Option-P-R Any suggestions? Thanks much! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
an1r0n Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for any advice you can give. My brother in law gave me his old MacBook (I'm not sure what the processor is, but it has 2GB of RAM) for Christmas. It was working perfectly fine that day, and I took it home and started to install OSX Leopard. That's when the trouble started... As you can see in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4X2AB_hENo ...it keeps going to sleep every few seconds. If I wait a moment and hit any button, it activates again...then goes right back to sleep. I'm normally a PC user, so I've only been able to try a couple of things I've seen on the board here, including: Disconnecting the power chord and holding the power button for 5 seconds. Rebooting the computer while holding down Command-Option-P-R Any suggestions? Thanks much! This is probably a hardware problem, the switch which is pressed when you close you laptop lid has malfunctioned. Check if it is that... cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/#findComment-1383697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWaffle Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 This may sound crazy, but does the computer wake up when the lid is closed? I ask because Apple was apparently having problems with the MacBook air because they would stack them on top of each other and due to how thin they were and similar placement of the magnets on each one, it would cause the magnets to reverse polarity an sleep the machine while open and wake the machine when the lid is closed. This was solved by using another magnet to flip the polarity back. If you've had anything magnetic near the computer then give it a thought. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/#findComment-1383751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanetutwiler Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Thanks much, I'll try! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/#findComment-1383801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanetutwiler Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Update: I removed the sleep sensor and battery connector (see: http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacBoo...Star/IF186-015) assembly completely and booted just from the wall adapter...and it still kept going into sleep mode every 2-3 seconds. These threads: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1579794 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1929104 ...point toward the top case being the culprit. The laptop was free, but is it worth my spending $100 online on a top case that may or may not fix the problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/#findComment-1383980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWaffle Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Without knowing much about the specific problem, it's hard to say. But, considering how much a MacBook is worth, I would generally say yes. If it fixes it, then you got a MacBook for $100, if it doesn't, then you've lost $100 which isn't even enough to buy a netbook. You could even recoup more than that money by selling it on eBay for parts. But, before you go forking out money, I would consider free alternatives for test. Have you tried reinstalling OS X? How about the original version that came with the computer. Did it have Leopard on it when you received it? You said this problem didn't exist before you installed Leopard, which makes me think that it's not a hardware malfunction. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207002-black-macbook-keeps-falling-asleep/#findComment-1384053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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