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Power button on Power Mac G4 will sleep instead of shutting down
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Aug 12, 2007 10:07 PM
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I am setting up my G4 as a 'backup' machine for a macbook pro. The G4 will not have a monitor attached, so I will not have access to the normal 'Apple>Shut Down' menu or key commands.
The power button on the G4 powers up the machine just fine, but pushing the power button to turn the machine off seems to put the system to sleep (including the monitor) but doesn't shut anything off.
Any ideas as to what could be causing this or how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 12, 2007 11:08 PM
in response to: ryan_mpls
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Are you holding the power button for at least five seconds? A short push is meant to put the computer to sleep (if enabled in the "Options" pane of "Energy Saver" System Preference).
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 13, 2007 5:55 AM
in response to: Malcolm Rayfield
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Thank you for the idea - I hadn't thought to look at the Energy Saver panel, however, after UNchecking the setting 'allow power button to sleep the computer' in the Energy Saver panel, the situation is the same: even after a restart, the power button (pushed quickly or held for 5 or 10 seconds) does not power off the machine. It only puts the system to sleep.
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 13, 2007 7:28 AM
in response to: ryan_mpls
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I just choose the shutdown command from the Apple Menu. If you are like me, you want everything to work correctly though.
Cheers!
DALE
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 13, 2007 7:52 AM
in response to: Dale Weisshaar
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The G4 will not have a monitor attached, so I will not have access to the normal 'Apple>Shut Down' menu or key commands.
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 13, 2007 7:55 AM
in response to: ryan_mpls
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Oh, that's my fault for not thinking after reading your post!
Cheers!
DALE
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 14, 2007 12:59 AM
in response to: ryan_mpls
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Hi, Ryan -
If you are using an Apple Pro keyboard on that machine, there is a set of keystrokes which may allow you to shut it down 'in the blind' (they work with OS 9; not sure about OSX) -
Press the key combo Option-Eject (Eject is the topmost-rightmost key above the keypad). This should bring up a splash screen displaying buttons for Restart, Sleep, Cancel, and Shutdown. As I recall, the default (heavy-border or blue) button is Shutdown - pressing Return or Enter should engage it.
Note - not sure if the modifier used with Eject is Option (I think it is) or another one... I don't have a machine available at the moment which has an Apple keyboard on it with which to test.
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Re: G4 tower: Power button does not 'power down'
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Aug 14, 2007 9:10 AM
in response to: ryan_mpls
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Control-Eject on the Pro keyboard brings up the shutdown menu - where I can easily press Enter to Shut Down.
Thanks everyone!
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