Shut Down prompt keeps popping up

Hi all.

I have a Mac Pro, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 4GB RAM, running the latest Snow Leopard.

My problem is that sometimes while I'm working the prompt to Restart/ShutDown will continue to pop up. I hit on "Cancel" and two seconds later the window pops up again. I have to have to hit cancel about six or seven times before it finally behaves. I thought it might be a stuck key, but I've checked thoroughly and that is not the case. I do have an apple monitor with the Restart button on the side panel that responds to the slightest touch. Perhaps there's something wrong there? I've run Onyx through all it's paces and it has reported everything as being fine.

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 15, 2010 5:31 AM

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Dec 15, 2010 8:22 AM in response to atoledo1

In System Preferences > Display (Options) try setting the Display Power Button to "Does nothing". One time I had it set to "Puts the computer to sleep or wakes it" and had the same issue as you. This setting solved the problem. Sounds strange, but it turns out the heat from my second display was triggering that slight touch button on the right side causing the dialog to re-appear annoyingly.

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