Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Repetitive Screen Sleep Date: 2 Apr 2015 23:51:07 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <2015032018020055812-xxx@yyyzzz> <2015040111134881598-xxx@yyyzzz> <2015040208351096401-xxx@yyyzzz> <2015040215422654279-xxx@yyyzzz> <2015040216345366867-xxx@yyyzzz> X-Trace: individual.net ddb0Ovlr7SCFNSsk1aitCQgPJtKW+ujBKfIq4Be3n8UOxR6i8d Cancel-Lock: sha1:/M3nYmf1Lpx2BtBd0YxQc6ZDgOQ= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:72584 On 2015-04-02, gtr wrote: > On 2015-04-02 23:22:46 +0000, Jolly Roger said: > >> On 2015-04-02, gtr wrote: >>> >>> I can find no way to isolate it in the OS. If it blacksout before the >>> desktop even appears, I'm at a loss at what to do. I've tried almost >>> every suggestion made with the exception of buying a new hard drive for >>> yours: "OS on an external drive (never touched or modified or >>> personalised in any way)". >> >> You don't have a USB stick you could put the installer on? If the >> problem happens while booted on the pristine installer image, it's >> likely a hardware issue and not your system install. > > I'm unsure, I have 8- and 16-gig thumbdrives. If that will do, please > point me to where I can install same, and I'll damn sure give it a try. 8 GB will do. Here you go: Having a USB stick handy is really useful for this type of thing. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR