On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Jul 4, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Timo Virkkala wrote: > >> >> I'm trying to revive a G4 box. I pulled a hard drive and memory >> from a >> working 400MHz Sawtooth into a 500MHz Sawtooth. >> >> But it won't shut down from the software. It restarts. >> >> I pulled items out of the admin account's Library/StartupItems/ >> folder. Still does it. >> >> Could hard drive jumper settings do this? (I have no jumper installed >> in the Western Digital drive, right now.) >> >> What else could cause this? > > I've had this happen with flaky USB devices attached. > > - My old, original QS 2002 mobo had a rickety USB port ... I believe it made my KB a flaky USB device when I wasn't careful. Replacing the mobo solved that, too ... and the fried components from the electrical strike ... and possibly a bad eBay purchase a year earlier ... all solved with a $45 Rev B mobo ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
