If it were the battery then the platform clock would keep being set back to default time. ---------------------------------------------------- On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Wilson John wrote: > Might be the battery. > > On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Roxylee wrote: > >> Hi, can anyone shed some light on why this is happening? My G4 QS >> 2002, running Tiger, has been intermittently shutting down right >> after the desktop loads, but only when my audio interface (Saffire >> LE)is plugged in. This is something that has been happening >> intermittently for a few weeks. Yesterday I was able to start it up >> and record; today it shut off again. I can't afford to start >> replacing parts as trial and error. I hope the motherboard isn't >> being fried every time I start up the G4. Has anyone ever >> encountered such a problem? Any advice would be greatly >> appreciated. Thank you. :-) >> _______________________________________________ >> G4 mailing list >> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4