Hi guys,
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine gave me her old PB as a gift (she swithed to Dell)... it had a 4GB HD (OS 8.1) and 160mb RAM... I had a couple of sodimms lying around and upgraded to 384mb and a 40GB HD from a dead iBook. So, I popped in the memory and the HD and everything seemed fine. I decided to upgrade to OS X, and the problems started.
OS X (10.1) installs fine and runs fine. But when the computer goes to sleep, it never wakes up again. I've read about this problem in several sites, and the solution is to apply a magnetic shield on the new HD to fool the magnetic sleep switch... I worked around it placing a tiny magnet over the sensor, and the computer works perfectly, even going to sleep; as long as you don't close the lid. The moment you close it, the computer goes to sleep, won't wake up even with the magnet work-around... I have to reset it with the key combo, and when I turn it on, I get the disk with the question mark... If I boot with the CD and reinstall OS X, everything is fine until you close the lid... and the problem repeats itself.
Any ideas of how could I fix this problem once and for all?
Thanks,
Fred.
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine gave me her old PB as a gift (she swithed to Dell)... it had a 4GB HD (OS 8.1) and 160mb RAM... I had a couple of sodimms lying around and upgraded to 384mb and a 40GB HD from a dead iBook. So, I popped in the memory and the HD and everything seemed fine. I decided to upgrade to OS X, and the problems started.
OS X (10.1) installs fine and runs fine. But when the computer goes to sleep, it never wakes up again. I've read about this problem in several sites, and the solution is to apply a magnetic shield on the new HD to fool the magnetic sleep switch... I worked around it placing a tiny magnet over the sensor, and the computer works perfectly, even going to sleep; as long as you don't close the lid. The moment you close it, the computer goes to sleep, won't wake up even with the magnet work-around... I have to reset it with the key combo, and when I turn it on, I get the disk with the question mark... If I boot with the CD and reinstall OS X, everything is fine until you close the lid... and the problem repeats itself.
Any ideas of how could I fix this problem once and for all?
Thanks,
Fred.