Re: Mac mini won't shut down . . .

On 2007-03-20 11:55:29 -0500, "Jay" <judwms@xxxxxxxxx> said:

On Mar 20, 12:04 pm, Fred McKenzie <f...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1174001828.525326.165...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

"Jay" <jud...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mac mini PowerPC G4 (1.1), CPU Speed 1.25 GHz OS Version 10.3.9.
Goes to a blue screen with revolving symbol without shutting off.
Advice please.

Jay-

What have you tried so far? Does it respond to holding the power button
for more than 5 seconds?

Random things to try include resetting the PRAM, repairing permissions
with Disk Utility and running the hardware test disk that should have
come with the computer.

I never had that problem with my G4 Mini. It came packed with an OS
10.4 upgrade disk, so it never used the 10.3.9 that came installed. I
did have the problem with an Intel iMac. I never found out why, but it
may have started with one of the 10.4 updates. The problem went away
after a later update was installed.

Fred

Thanks for the tip about holding down the power button. It goes off
under those circumstances.
Jay

*sigh*

Abruptly shutting the power off to your computer can cause hard drive directory an file corruption. You really should only do that as a LAST RESORT.

Is there a reason you don't want to take a look at your console and system logs as I suggested?

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JR

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