On 12 Oct 2014, at 18:55, Will Koeppen wrote:
The computer turns instantly dark, and can't restart without
unplugging for a few minutes.
Dark as in off? Or just dim? Or is it the kernel panic screen with the
warning in all the different languages?
In any case, if it can’t be restarted
Thanks Rob. The computer screen goes dark, the harddrive spins down, it's
unresponsive, and it appears to be completely off. Except I can't restart
immediately. To my untrained eyes, it's almost like it's hitting a
temperature sensor limit that's triggering a shutdown or something. Not
sure. I
Strange, and I don't see how Quicksilver could cause the unexpected restarts.
Sounds like the guy was just having a laugh at your expense.
If the guy came to some logical conclusion, then he probably looked at the log
files in Console.app. Can you look in there and look for either some
Yeah, I'm not sure how Quicksilver could be the problem either. Especially
given how long I've been using it with no issues. I've looked in the logs
and unfortunately there's no lead-up or strange notices before meltdown.
The only log entry related to Quicksilver is the awake notice after it
I've used quicksilver for ... the past 5 years. It is stellar. I recently
began experiencing some abnormal shutdowns of my imac (3.4 GHz Intel Core
i7 running OS X 10.9.5). The computer turns instantly dark, and can't
restart without unplugging for a few minutes. It started happening quite
