[G4] Re: G4 Startup

[Richard M. Kriss]

The tip from Rich Northouse was a good suggestion. Your G4 detects a power
failure and as soon as there is power it restarts.  That could be your
problem. Rich, where is the setting or preference for auto restart?

I had the same problem with my G4 1GHz AGP under Mac OS 10.3.9.  I would do
a normal log out and shut down and a few minutes later it would restart on
its one.  After the shut down and before the restart I would turn off the
power strip to make sure it would not come back alive.  I never did figure
out what was causing the problem. The good news is since going to OSX 10.4
the problem is history.  It works normal now.

Dick


On 5/14/05 3:58 PM, "g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
<g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:

> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:55:51 -0500
> From: rich northouse <rnorthouse at wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 Startup
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
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> Rich,
> 
> You can set up a Mac to automatically power up, in case of power
> failure, etc.. Often used when the machine is in a critical application
> such as a server. Thats my guess.
> 
> another rich
> 
> On May 14, 2005, at 1:08 PM, Richard Dion wrote:
> 
>> I understand what you are saying, If I shutdown using the drop down
>> menu like everyone else, it comes to a stop the light goes off and
>> then it starts a reboot without touching anything. It's as though you
>> choose the "Restart" option. I was using the on/off button under the
>> speaker as a last resort. I've been using Macs for the last ten years
>> and never ran across this before.
>> 
>> Hope someone has the answer !
>>