05-01-2006, 05:43 PM

I've just noticed that the energy saving features don't seem to work on my iMac G3 DV 400MHz.

I was planning on leaving it on overnight to re-sync my 3G iPod (which does not seem to work via firewire, only USB1 and I have created a thread about it with no suggestions so far). I find the screen glow annoying because my desk is next to my bed, so I wanted the monitor to automatically switch off. But, even after setting it to 1 min of inactivity, it did not work.

I have also tried scheduling startup and shutdown, and sleeping after so many minutes of inactivity, but these do not work either.

Do I need some kind of driver for this? I am running 10.3.9.

Looks like I'll have to put a piece of cardboard in front of the screen temorarily. 18GB over USB1 is gonna take all night

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

05-03-2006, 11:01 AM

Check the preferences to see if the mac is set to receive faxes. If so it will stay awake waiting for an incoming signal. Another possibility: make sure the energy saving settings in classic are set to allow the mac to sleep.

05-04-2006, 01:36 PM

Faxing is disabled.

Also, I do not have classic (OS9) installed.

05-04-2006, 05:07 PM

Is there a Firmware update maybe that can be applied?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75130 is the latest version for the iMac.

It sounds rather odd that power management is seemingly not working at present...

Vicky

05-04-2006, 06:00 PM

I just tried the screen sleep after 1 min of inactivity and it turned off

It ran the Software Update the other day, so I think this might of fixed it. I'll try the automatic shut down and restart in a while.

It's currently on 4.1.9, I had to upgrade before installing OSX.

EDIT: Yep, scheduled start up and shut down also work nicely. Great :black: