Hi Bruce. Thanks for the help but I only have the original mouse/keyboard attached and I've tried it with extensions disable (holding down the shift key at startup) and the problem persists. John
On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 06:10 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > John Wilson wrote: >> Hi All. I'm having a problem with my daughter's iMac (Rev A, 233 mHz). >> It works fine in every regard except it won't shut down or restart. >> When I invoke the shut down or restart commands (from either the >> Special menu or using the KB power button) it goes to a blue-gray >> screen and just stays there. I can then shut it down with the power >> button on the CPU. When it restarts it's fine and does not run Disk >> First Aid automatically as if it was shut down improperly. Also, >> anything set to run at shut down (such as Norton's directory updater) >> runs fine before the blue gray screen. Has anyone else had this >> problem >> and is it a sign of an incipient failure of something important, like >> the power supply? Thanks, John Wilson >> >> > > I had a similar problem with my 7600...turned out to be a Iomega USB > CDRW...if I didn't turn it on, my Mac would shut down fine, otherwise > it > would get to just the desktop background and hang. > > Do you have any peripherals attached? TRy unplugging them before > turning > on the iMac, using it, and seeing if it shuts down ok. > > Otherwise it's an extension conflict of some sort, I'll bet. Try > switching to Base extensions and seeing if you have the problem. > > -- > Bruce Johnson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
