Quicksilver G4 has become self aware....

[John_Toolbox]

I believe my quicksilver G4 has evolved into intelligent life. It now starts itself up randomly. I don't use it very often, but this morning I came into the studio and noticed it was on, so I shut it down. 30 minutes later, I just heard the startup chime again.

It's running OS 9.2.2... Does anyone remember a problem like this? It is not connected to a network, so I don't know what would trigger it to start up on it's own like this. Zapping the PRAM hasn't helped.

[Southsidemusic]

Maybe all the neglected pokémon have moved in and set themselves up in your ol' Quicksilver Mac

If you feed them after midnight I heard they turn into a Kardashian sister

[Ben Jenssen]

I can't really help you with the G4, John, but I can understand your worries.
My Mac Pro has always struggled its self image. It thinks it's a Macbook Pro:
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I try not to hurt its feelings by making a big deal out of it, after all it's not hurting anyone.

[Darryl Ramm]

Make sure wake for LAN is turned off (in energy preferences). Try disconnecting all peripherals and seeing if it still happens. Try swapping the keyboard and mouse (specially to non-Bluetooth ones).

[mrhappy1997]

Hey John... did you get this sorted? If not, try OS9Lives.com... a growing contingent of OS 9/ DAW users who could help. Most people around here probably don't even REMEMBER OS 9!!

[John_Toolbox]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

(specially to non-Bluetooth ones).

This computer is so old, I don't think it knows what bluetooth is!

Originally Posted by mrhappy1997

Hey John... did you get this sorted? If not, try OS9Lives.com... a growing contingent of OS 9/ DAW users who could help. Most people around here probably don't even REMEMBER OS 9!!

I solved it for now by unplugging the power cord. I haven't had time to mess with it but I did try everything Darryl mentioned and all of the other OS9 tricks I remember with no success, which leads me to believe this might be a hardware problem... back around 2003-2004, I had a PCI chassis from the same era that refused to turn off. The issue was solved by replacing the power supply.

[makinworks]

When my g4 did that it took about three years before the power supply went out.
I was told by appke care they were confused. I got ticked and hungup. Apple care was new and so was my g4. But i just pull the power cable after shutdown. That was my routine until it started arcing.
So i would ask apple techs about this power supply issue. It might he the same hardware b g i had in 2003


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