powerbook g3 400 bronze os9.1 5GB hdd 64M Just got this, it had just a bare bones os to start, well not quite, it had IE and Netscape communicator 4.7. It would start and stop just fine initially but after I installed eudora 5.1 which I split into 2 mailboxes, noiw it wont close down. If I try normal close down it just sits there doing nothing. If I try again it says it cant do that cos its in the process of shutting down. So left it overnight and it still wasn't shutdown. Forced shutdown and rebooted but it stil won't shutdown. How should I proceed, e.g. force shutdown and start with the shift key down so the extensions don't come on and see if it shuts down from there? Or should I just go straight to uninstalling eudora. Have patience with me I've been away from macs since os7 so I have some recalling and catching up to do...

Throw out your Finder and Energy Saver preferences files. That'll probably fix it. p

Thanks P, but how exactly do I do that, as in where do they hide? Thanks again.

Look in your Preferences folder. If you're not sure where that is, use Sherlock to find it :) p

Suggestion: If you JUST got it you should, as most people do, initialize the HD and reinstall the OS nice and clean so as to eradicate the last owners bad habits (and to make way for your own). Being as all you have installed are two browsers (TWO browsers?) and Eudora it makes sense to do it now.

I have the same problem. Took out the battery and let it set over night with the battery out and the unit shut down. Bad battery? I only get about 15 minutes work time when I use the battery then it goes to sleep.