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From: xdab@midway.uchicago.edu (David Baird)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The IIci that wouldn't die
Summary: Mac IIci "locked On"
Keywords: Mac IIci, Power Locked On
Message-ID: <1990Jul21.021825.27231@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 21 Jul 90 02:18:25 GMT
References: <1115@dms.UUCP>
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Lines: 43

In article <1115@dms.UUCP> petrick@dms.UUCP (Jim Petrick) writes:
>Our local Mac IIci just started some strange behavior.  If you shutdown, 
>it completely shuts down, including power supply (all the lights go off),
>then restarts itself about 1 second later.  Anyone seen this type of behavior?
>
>This is a IIci with the following other hardware:
>
>	Syquest removable 45 Mb drive
>	Microtek 24 bit scanner
>	Kurta tablet
>	Supermac 24 bit card w/accelerator
>
>I doubt the above has anything to do with it, as unhooking it and turning off
>all inits doesn't cure the problem.  
>
>					-- jim
>-- 
>===========================================================================
>                                                -- jim petrick
>Atari Games Corp.                               petrick@dms.UUCP
>Milpitas, Ca                                    {motcsd|weitek}!dms!petrick




Sounds like the power switch has been "locked on."
Take a look at page 104 in the Macintosh IIci Owner's
Guide where it states:

        1.  With the system turned off, insert a paper clip
            into the notch in the power switch.
        2.  Press the power switch in and turn it 90 degrees
            clockwise.

The manual states that "This feature is provided primarily for specialized
applications, such as when the computer is used as a file server."

I'll bet . . . . .



David Baird
University of Chicago