[G4] G4 shut-down woes

[Ronnie Day]

Before I'd do a system reinstall, I's boot from either you OEM systen
disk or another bootable CD/DVD and see if the symtoms persist. If
they go away then the problems probably stem from your current
install.

Ron

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:06 PM, RICHARD NORTHOUSE
<rnorthouse at wi.rr.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I would start by reloading the OS.  My two bits worth.
>
> Rich
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Peter Webster wrote:
>
>> I have an old Sawtooth G4, 500GHz AGP graphics, 1 gig of SDRAM, a scssi
>> drive, running Mac OS 10.3.9, hooked up to an external Maxtor USB drive and
>> a FireWire LaCie, with a 17" Studio display.
>>
>> When I click on "shutdown" the icons disappear, the monitor dims, the
>> whirling bars rotate, the screen goes dark, and the CPU does not shut down.
>>
>> I have to push the power button on the CPU itself to get it to shut down.
>>
>> This has happened occasionally in the past, but is now happening almost
>> constantly.
>>
>> I have run Disk Utility, verified and repaired, thinking something had
>> been corrupted, and also ran Tech Tool Express, all report everything is OK,
>> but still, this problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to how to rectify this would be appreciated.
>>
>> I use this old desktop a lot, like the way it is set up, like OS 10.3.9 on
>> it, and would hate to have it pooch out.
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> PMW