[beige g3] Can it DEEP sleep?

  1. I installed Jaguar on my old world beige g3---when I set the computer to sleep, I still hear fans blowing (which doesn't happen with any of the newer macs). Is there anyway I can get DEEP sleep (~zero power consumption)?

    Thanks,
    --

    -Bill

  2. Nope.

    Even shut down completely, it consumes a little bit of power to keep the clock running. The only way to get zero power consumption would be to shut it down, unplug it, and remove the motherboard battery.

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  3. AFAIK those machines did not sleep any better with older OS:es, so Jaguar is really not a change except that its energy saver lacks the power on/off scheduling.

    .lauri

  4. The hardware needs to support it. I think I remeber seeing a news item that Intel introduced it in late 1998.

  5. No, it simply doesn't have the hardware to do a power down sleep.

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