[G4] G4 shut-down woes

[Bruce Ryan Nakamura]

Hello Peter,

Try booting of an external drive, if the problem goes away, then you  
need to do a clean install of 10.3.9.

Help this helps,

Bruce R. Nakamura

On Feb 17, 2010, at 7:58 AM, Peter Webster wrote:

> I have an old Sawtooth G4, 500GHz AGP graphics, 1 gig of SDRAM, a  
> scssi drive, running Mac OS 10.3.9, hooked up to an external Maxtor  
> USB drive and a FireWire LaCie, with a 17" Studio display.
>
> When I click on "shutdown" the icons disappear, the monitor dims,  
> the whirling bars rotate, the screen goes dark, and the CPU does  
> not shut down.
>
> I have to push the power button on the CPU itself to get it to shut  
> down.
>
> This has happened occasionally in the past, but is now happening  
> almost constantly.
>
> I have run Disk Utility, verified and repaired, thinking something  
> had been corrupted, and also ran Tech Tool Express, all report  
> everything is OK, but still, this problem.
>
> Any suggestions as to how to rectify this would be appreciated.
>
> I use this old desktop a lot, like the way it is set up, like OS  
> 10.3.9 on it, and would hate to have it pooch out.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> PMW
>
>
>
> -- 
> peter m. webster
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