Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread smac0031
The Apple Hardware test gave me error code sc / 377 or something like that. This thing will not shut down without sitting on the power button. It hangs if you use shutdown from the apple menu quitting everything leaving the desktop picture. sudo shutdown -h won't even do that. On Monday,

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 30, 2014, at 8:02 AM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: The Apple Hardware test gave me error code sc / 377 or something like that. something like that is not really helpful. The exact error code and wording is important. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread gifutiger
Greetings, My guess is that you don't want to fix your problem. I say this because there is only one way to fix your problem and I list them below. 1. Remove all of the cards in your machine except the video card, restart holding down the Cmd, Opt, P R keys until you hear the start-up chime

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread smac0031
Sorry about the error code. I ran the test a second time and got scc /3/7. This was the long test. It passes the short test Also when I hit shutdown on the hardware test it immediately shuts down. I've booted the thing zapping the Pram. That works. The only non apple things in it now 1.6 gig

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 30, 2014, at 3:15 PM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the error code. I ran the test a second time and got scc /3/7. I'm not positive about this, but here's my best guess. I believe SCC is serial communications controller. There is no serial port on the DA G4, so this

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 30, 2014, at 3:15 PM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the error code. I ran the test a second time and got scc /3/7. Oops! I just saw this, which I believe is true. Apple hardware test will not run properly when their is a third party upgrade card in place, like that

Re: DA G4 will not shut down

2014-01-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 30, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jan 30, 2014, at 3:15 PM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry about the error code. I ran the test a second time and got scc /3/7. I'm not positive about this, but here's my best guess. I believe SCC is serial

Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 1 Topic

2014-01-30 Thread Gene Poole
About the the G4-DA: Sounds like it needs a firmware update. One of mine had similar problems and that was it. The updaters are somewhere on the Apple support site. If you can, run 'System Profiler' and discover and compare the firmware versions. Good luck! -Gene . On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at