[G4] Shut Down/Restart Preference File

[Ramsey French]

Glad I could help.  Merely some research in some standard places.

If you ever find somebody to loan you a POWERED USB hub, you might try
inserting that between the G4 and the adapter and see if that also solves
the problem.

On 3/13/03 9:32 AM, "Richard M. Kriss" <kriss at qsl.net> wrote:

> Ramsey French,
> 
> You win the award for the tip-of-the-day.  The problem was the Entrega USB
> to Serial adapter. After removing the adapter, the G4 shut down and stayed
> shut down.
> 
> Thank You
> 
> Dick Kriss
> 
>> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:37:51 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [G4] Shut Down/Restart Preference File
>> From: "Richard M. Kriss" <kriss at qsl.net>
>> Message-ID: <BA94B06F.AF4B%kriss at qsl.net>
>> 
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:52:26 -0500
>>> Subject: Re: [G4] Shut Down/Restart Preference File
>>> From: Ramsey French <rammjet at bisnaga.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  I had the problem where my G4 933 would restart after every shutdown.
>>>  I found an apple article that referred to USB Epson printers. The article
>>>  stated that if the printer is left on at shutdown, the computer would
>>>  restart automatically. Just turning off the printer has fixed the
>>>  problem. This was the case with OS 10.1 thru 10.2.4. Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Ramsey,
>> 
>> Your tip made me think and the problem (restarts after a shut down) may be
>> caused by the flakey Entrega USB to Serial adapter I have plugged into one
>> of the USB ports.
>> 
>> I will try removing the adapter before trying the shut down tonight.
>> 
>> The only fix I have found that really works is to remember to pull the power
>> plug after the 'Shut down' does it thing and before the G4 restarts on it
>> own.
>> 
>> Dick