Re: IMAC G5 (Not 1st Gen) Shutting Down
- From: Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:23:43 GMT
On 17 Jan 2006 19:19:44 -0800, utseay@xxxxxxx chose to bless us with
the following wisdom:
>The other day my iMac G5 shut down while I was working in iMovie. Not a
>big deal, but it took me like 5 minutes to get it back up. I would hit
>the power button and the light would flash on and off real quick. If I
>held the button down - nothing. I'd hit it quickly again, and the
>light would flash once again. Finally I just let it sit for awhile and
>it finally powered back up. I didn't think much of it, but for the
>past two days I sit down to check some email....and my computer is off.
> Apparently it's shutting down for some reason sometime throughout the
>day.
>
>Any ideas on what this could be or how I could prevent it. I have the
>apple 3 year care plan - but I'm sure this isn't a big enough problem
>to warrent a repair or even a serious "once over" by a tech.
Spontaneous shutdown are usually the result of overheating. Put a fan
blowing directly into the machine tomorrow and see if it still shuts
down on its own.
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