[G5] Strange behavior

[John Wilson]

Have you done the firmware upgrade? Check this link:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/ 
powermacg5june2004firmwareupdate.html

On Jul 31, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Dick Grable wrote:

> My G5 1.8 GHz SP has been acting strangely lately. Somewhere along the
> upgrades to 10.4.x the shut down and restart options (along with
> control-eject bringing up the power-down options) quit working. Now  
> if a
> software install requires a restart it has to be done manually.  
> This is not
> a problem with 10.3.9 only 10.4.x. And even stranger the upgrade  
> DVD no
> longer works as it can't seem to find any drives with a previous 10.3
> install (there are at least 4 including an external f/w). Since  
> this all
> works fine on my new Powerbook am beginning to suspect a hardware  
> problem of
> some sort. Thank goodness for AppleCare.
>
> Any ideas out there?
>
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