Re: G4 PowerMac 500MHz Sawtooth won't shut down
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 have an old PowerPC 5500 at one of my schools that used to behave this way. Turns out that something was pressing against the back of the computer and this caused it to restart after shut-down. I moved the Mac a little on the desk and removed and re-seated the various cables that were connected... and it solved the problem. Larry --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G4 PowerMac 500MHz Sawtooth won't shut down
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. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G4 PowerMac 500MHz Sawtooth won't shut down
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
G4 PowerMac 500MHz Sawtooth won't shut down
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? timo v --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G4 PowerMac 500MHz Sawtooth won't shut down
On Jul 4, 2009, at 2:41 PM, 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? timo v Guessing at it: Did you carefully blow the dust out of the slots in the box you're reviving? No PCI cards to cause issues? Known good agp video card? Maybe have the Maxtor jumpered to Master. I believe that is a fail safe setting? New, or tested good, PRAM battery? Does it behave booting from/shutting down from CD/DVD? USB KB and Mouse good? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
