>Well, I thought I had the problem licked with trashing the cache, Apple Menu Options prefs, etc. but it came back. But wait their is more! It came back when I plugged in my USB hub. For some reason, I'd unplugged it during the attempts to restart in just MacOS extension sets. Anyway, I have my scanner, printer, Palm cradle, LS-240 SuperDisk drive and Zip drive connected to the hub which is a powered hub. I disconnected all but the scanner & printer, and the iMac shutdown w/o a problem. Same with the cradle added. Added the Zip drive and the iMac froze on shutdown. Disconnected the Zip & connected the LS-240, it worked ok. Reconnected the Zip and it froze again. So it looks like I have to determine if it is a software or hardware problem with the Zip drive.< -------------------- I wonder if the Zip, and possibly another device or two, is powered off the buss, and is drawing enough current to pull down the buss voltage, such that the reduced voltage is actually showing up on the USB buss at the Mac? This happens frequently with some buss powered devices (Zips being one) even though the device is designed to run off the buss. One buss powered device can generally be supported, but two is flirting with a problem.
Not only shut-down, but start-up problems can occur is such a situation. Jerry -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
