[X4U] Dual G5 spontaneous rebooting

[Nick Scalise]

On Aug 4, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 8/4/05 5:11 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:
>
>> That's not it. The machine had been up for almost 10 days before the
>> shutdown/reboot.
>
> Perhaps the power stuttered for a second, and your Mac rebooted  
> after losing
> power?

It's on UPS, power had not gone out.

> Do you have a dog or cat that might have hit the button on the  
> front of the machine?

No pets.

> Your knee? (Don't laugh, I had a friend who used to do this on his  
> dual 450 G4!)

Was not at the machine at the time.

> A Finder quit plus other software catastrophe, like a kernel panic?

Maybe, where is the log of that activity? Nothing in the system log...

> Could a child or animal have hit a power button on the keyboard, if  
> so equipped, which gives you 120 seconds to back out of (Are you  
> sure you want to shutdown/restart)?

Everyone was asleep. No known poltergeists.

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Nick Scalise
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