[X4U] Screwy Mac mini

[Linda]

On 10/30/08 3:03 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:

> We've got an Intel Mac mini, 2 GB of RAM, running MacOS X 10.4.11. It
> is primarily used as a basic Internet machine, plus iCal. It has
> difficulty shutting down. When ever I tell it to shutdown or restart
> directly through the Finder or via Remote Desktop, it simply restarts
> the Finder, instead of restarting or shutting down the machine. Anyone
> ever seen this kind of behavior before, and what could be the problem
> and solution?


Sometimes sleep/shutdown problems can be traced to USB peripherals. If you
remove all third-party USB items -- including hubs -- does the
restart/shutdown work correctly?