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PowerPC G5

Okay, I'm most likely in the wrong forum, but I could not find for the life of me the PowerPC G5 area, so I came to the next closest thing.

I have a Power PC G5 with 2 GHz processor and 2 GB DDR SDRAM. For some unknown reason to me it will restart on its own. I can turn it off, watch it power down completely, and the next morning it will be at the screen waiting for me to enter my password. As well, if I leave it on (even with a program running) for an extensive period of time while I'm away from the computer, the computer will restart. I don't have it set to sleep or anything, so I'm wondering if you guys can give me any tips or help or at least give me a shove in the right direction on the forums.

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1 GB Ram 80 GB HD 1.5 GHz

Posted on Sep 15, 2009 10:18 AM

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Sep 15, 2009 10:33 AM in response to Lane McPeak

G5 forums http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=108

A USB device may be culprit. Disconnect all USB devices, including your kbd & mouse. Now see if it restarts. If not, reconnect the USB devices one at a time & shutdown. I believe you'll find which one.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Edit - Another thought. Check this first. Open the Energy Saver preference window & click on Options. Is Restart after Power Failure checked? You may be having a brief power interruption.

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PowerPC G5

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