Jun 21, '06 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Felix_the_Mac
Rather than pressing and holding the power button for the forced shutdown, just press it once briefly, then press S. If you try this whilst your machine is running normally, you will see that, first, the Restart - Sleep - Cancel - Shutdown dialog box is displayed, then pressing S selects the sleep option and the machine instantly sleeps.
I have tried this a couple of times when it appeared that I was suffering from the 'black screen of death,' and I have recovered without further problems.
