On 28 Jan 2006, at 22:23, Mike Karthauser wrote:
It sounds like the Power Manager has gotten confused. This happens on
PCI PowerMacs. Unplug the mains and pull out the PRAM battery, then
leave it a few hours. That clears every last drop of info out of the
NVRAM. If you don't fancy that try zapping the PRAM first. I've had
machines of that era refuse to even turn on, refuse to shut down and
fire up but not boot before now. Yanking all power to the board and
leaving them to stew cured em all. I think it's a sign the PRAM
battery may need replacing, or replacing it (if you did so recently)
has lead to partial loss fo the PRAM contents or corru
thanks mate. i'm giving that a try.
hopefully that'll sort it. i guess i'll know in the morning.
i put the pram battery back in and powered up. all good. shutdown
caused it to reboot. so i pulled the keyboard and tried again. shutdown
actually shutdown.
problem solved after swapping the keyboard.
thanks for your help guys.
regards
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