MacBook :: Won't Go To Sleep Unless Use Apple Icon On Task Bar
Jun 5, 2014
I have a late 2008 macbook unibody. The computer won't go into sleep mode with the lid closed or if I hit the power button. i have to manually do it with the apple icon in the top of the screen.
The ambient light that blinks while in sleep doesn't light up when I do this either. Its been like this ever since Lion, Mountain Lion and now Mavericks. I've done a clean install of Maverick on a brand new HDD. No change.Â
I have modified the computer since I've owned it. Upgraded from the OEM 2GB of memory to 4GB which is the max for my model. It didn't come with the illuminated keyboard so I bought the backlit one and installed. I also had to swap the motherboard to do this since my original did not have the backlight connector.
Note the old motherboard also had the same problem with the computer not going into sleep. So I don't believe its a hardware issue. (yes I plugged everything in and seated everything in a appropriate manner, I build custom PC's for friends all the time so what to do and what not to do).Â
I have checked my sharing preferences and they're all unchecked as this is a fresh install of mavericks. Everything else is all set to system defaults.Â
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MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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