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From: grae@murdu.oz (Graeme Gerrard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The IIci that wouldn't die
Message-ID: <1899@murdu.oz>
Date: 27 Jul 90 07:53:29 GMT
References: <1115@dms.UUCP>
Organization: University of Melbourne
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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?
>

Take a look at the little plastic screw under the power plug.  If this is 
screwed down it will lock the power on and give you the behaviour you describe.
If you don't like this, turn the screw to open the switch.

Graeme Gerrard
Faculty of Music
University of Melbourne
AUSTRALIA