[lokichilde]

Hi. Im having trouble with trying to shut off my g4. The only way to turn it off now is to hold the power button down for a few minutes. Any help would be much appreciated.

P.S. Laymans terms if possible, not too familiar with macs yet.

[ima_pseudonym]

macfixit.com has an article on some related issues. They suggest resetting nvram

restart holding down command+option+o+f to boot into open firmware. then type:
reset-nvram
reset-all

[lokichilde]

thank for help. but it didnt work. its not a sleep problem, it just simply wont shut down

[pat++]

Did you try to repair the disk ? Boot in single user mode (hold down the Apple key and the 'S' key simultaneously during startup).
You will get a back screen in text mode. Then enter the following commands :

fsck -y

when it's finished, enter :

reboot

[Sarc]

I have that sort of a problem too and and I have found that my CPU is hoged 100% by the Finder ... even after restart !!!
anyone !??!!?