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- Aug 16, 2014
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- Hangzhou, China
- Your Mac's Specs
- iMac 27" (Mid-2011) 12 gigs of memory
I have a 2011( 3.1gz) 27" iMac with 4 gigs of memory. I have had it now for about 3 years a do a lot of photography on the computer (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom..etc.etc.) I sometimes have 2-3 external hard drives connected to it and each external is about 1 - 2 Tbs. My computer now is constantly is now going to sleep on me even though I don't have the computer set to go to sleep at anytime. It doesn't seem to matter how hot the computer is or how many peripherals I have connected. I have also changed the power source many times using different outlets in the house and I keep having the same problem. When it first happens (usually after the computer has been on for about 15-30 minutes) I will press the power button half way a couple of times and the computer screen will come back on. Then the intervals at which the computer goes to sleep keep getting shorter until pressing the power button down half way won't do anything. I usually will re-start the computer but the same scenario usually will take place again until the computer is totally shut down for about an hour. I have taken the computer to an authorized Apple Care service center in China and they believe that the whole circuit board might have to be replaced. Is there anything I'm overlooking before I have this done. The computer is still under Apple Care warranty so it won't cost me anything to do this. I also want to know if using so many peripherals on my computer is not a good thing to do with only 4 gigs of memory which I plan to change to 8 in the coming week. One last thing is that the computer has a 1000gb capacity but right now I only have 11gb available. Should I not be using this much space and is this causing problems for the computer. Any kind of feedback would be appreciated.