Last year, I had a thing similar to GSoD (not the ATI GSoD): a grey screen when waking up my Retina MacBook Pro. Nothing but rebooting helped. And I have not found a cause, but it also did not re-appear.
Some links on Macs having GSoD, or sleeping issues:
- Retina MacBook Pro takes a long time to wake from sleep – Ask Different.
- MacBook Pro won’t wake up when stacked on another sleeping MacBook Pro – Ask Different.
Odd Retina MacBook Pro Screen Behavior – YouTube. - Is a 3-5 second delay normal for a Retina MacBook Pro to wake up from sleep? – Ask Different.
- Sleeping screen (Cinema Display) keeps waking up. How can I make it sleep until mouse is moved? – Ask Different.
- Retina MacBook Crashing Because of…: Apple Support Communities.
- Retina MBP, grey screen of death (GSOD)…: Apple Support Communities.
- I got the “grey screen of death”,…: Apple Support Communities.
- Complete overnight battery drain when…: Apple Support Communities.
- Grey Screen of Death on Macbook Pro? – Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.
- Set newer portable Macs’ sleep mode | Macworld.
- MacBook Pro will not come out of sleep…: Apple Support Communities.
- Will not wake from sleep mode: Apple Support Communities.
- MichaelBraun.me – Michael Braun’s Blog.
- How to tackle waking a stubbornly sleeping Mac | MacFixIt – CNET Reviews.
- Change hibernation mode in OS X on the Apple Mac.
(there are hibernation modes 0, 3 and 25). - “Fixing” Slow Wake for MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display – Ewal.net.
- rMBP: Crashed – grey screen – MacRumors Forums.
- lion – How to fix a Macbook that does not always draw its internal screen after waking from sleep and having unplugged external display while asleep? – Ask Different.
- Download InsomniaX for Mac – Disable sleep mode on an Apple Laptop. MacUpdate.com.
- Two Deep Sleep tools:
DeepSleep hibernates your Mac to save power | Macworld.
–jeroen
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