IBook shuts down when you change batteries

If only iBook could be like PowerBook, which runs on that little amount of spare power when you change batteries... Being owner of both laptops, I tend to change batteries for my iBook much more often than for my PowerBook, which I often use with a socket nearby.

Other than the PowerBooks the iBooks don't have a PRAM or spare battery (for the clock and so on) which would hold the system up during a (fast) battery change. So a complete shut down or an AC outlet are needed for a battery change.

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Ibook shuts down when moved

When moving it will sometimes shut down when put down ever so gently. Any suggestions?

Hey chaz and Welcome to Apple Discussions,
When moving it will sometimes shut down when put down ever so gently
It would help to know exactly which iBook we're talking about here, speed and size.
In general, if you're only on battery power when this happens, I would check the battery lock they can get loose and need tightning. Dirt/corrosion there can also cause this symptom.
Also the battery interconnect board, Corey Arnold problem U28, possible short in the inverter cable.
Do some more diagnostics; move the display, leave it on with the display flat on the table an the lower section up, pull the power lead and try to disturb just the battery.
Post back.
Richard

HT1551 Does Apple TV shut down when you switch back to regular TV? Or do you have to sign out and how do you do that?

Does Apple TV actually shut off when you switch back to regular TV? Or do you have to sign out? How do you sign out? Or is there another way to shut it off? Thanks!

No, you need to go into the settings and select sleep now.
You can also press/hold the select (centre) button on the remote for 5 seconds.

IBook Shuts Down When Try To Wake From Sleep

I have an iBook 300 that will work perfectly fine while you use it. When you put it to sleep, it sleeps normally, but when I try to wake it the sleep light goes out, nothing shows on screen, I can hear the hard drive spinning and then it shuts down. When I turn it back on, it works normally until I try to put it to sleep. Any idea what is wrong and how I could fix it? Thanks
iBook Clamshell 300 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

When you put it to sleep, it sleeps normally...
Is this by closing the lid? How about when you choose 'Sleep' from the menu and then close the lid? How about when just choosing 'Sleep' from the menu and waking it by pressing any key?
If the problems occur only with the lid then it may be a glitch in the lid mechanism ...if otherwise then it may be a system error. If you're running Tiger then it may be a little difficult to source any support for your ibook as Tiger is officially not to be run on it.
Maybe you can live with it the way it is?

Why Is Dreamweaver CS4 Shutting Down When Making Changes In Code View?

Hi,
When in Code View, and trying to make a change to such, Dreamweaver is automatically shutting down. Heck, I can't even press Enter while in Code View without it shutting down.
I had this problem before, and a friend suggested holding down the Shift key while restarting DW. It worked at that time, but that suggestion is not working now.
I've tried restarting the computer, repairing disk permissions, and still having the same problem.
Does anyone have a remedy for this?
Thank you.

Yes, I am on a Mac.
The application Dreamweaver quit unexpectedly.
Don't have any DW extensions.
Deleted the plist files, and still had the same problem.
Found another DW pref file. Deleted that, and it works.

Pre shuts down when you close slider keyboard

I have a Sprint Pre, and it's been all weird for me lately. This afternoon, while it was plugged in via USB to charge, the keyboard just stopped working. It didn't respond at all. When I unplugged it, the phone shut down and would not restart. If I tried to plug it in again, all I would see is a white battery with a question mark in the middle on the screen. I could reboot it later by pressing orange+sym+power, but then I found that sliding the keyboard close after that shut down my phone, and I could only restart it after sliding the keyboard open again. This happens to me even after using webOS doctor on it. Please help me resolve this!
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MBP Restarts and or shuts down when you close it.

When I close the my MBP and open it the screen is black only when I press the space bar or power button my MBP either restarted or shut down. Is there a way to fix this and is this a normal thing?

Hello,
Try resetting the SMC Controller (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964), or the NVRAM (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379).
Hope this helps!

My Satellite laptop (A305) shuts down when run on the AC charger/adapter

The problem is that my Toshiba _A300 series laptop (A305) shuts down when you try to run it on the AC charger/adapter_. You can boot it with the power cord plugged in and it will get to Windows Desktop and maybe a few minutes more at most before shutting off.
It will boot and _run from battery without problem_, but if you plug in the AC while it is up and running on battery the machine will normally click off instantly and reboot to the message "Windows was not shut down correctly."
The _AC adapter works fine_ reading a steady 19.19 to 19.20 volts with a voltmeter. It also _charges the battery fine when the computer is off_. I have two Toshiba brand batteries and they both work fine.
One interesting thing is that the _computer runs fine on AC when in safe mode_.
I _did a reformat/factory restore_ of Vista to assure it was not software and drivers, and still got the same problem before any external devices had been plugged in.
It has the latest BIOS and I tried resetting it to default values in case anything had gotten changed. It made no difference.
This is _not a heating issue_ because _while it is run on battery I can watch long videos_ without it shutting off. I ran compressed air through the vents just to make sure, but it makes no difference in behavior. Usually with an overheating shut-off, the computer cannot be started until it has cooled some, but these shutdowns are accompanied by an instant reboot.
I have seen on some threads that this type of problem one can work around by disabling one of the processors in Device Manager, but I don't think that is much of a lasting solution or good for the computer.
Has anyone seen this problem before and have you come with a full diagnosis of the problem and a real solution?

I have Satellite A300 and until now everything works OK.
I would like to know what happen when you remove the battery and use notebook with power supply only. Does notebook shuts down again.
If not let OS run and put the battery.
Is the battery recognized properly? Does notebook switch off again?
To be honest I cannot imagine this issue has something with software or background processes. Recovery image you got with your notebook is designed for this certain notebook mode. Recovery image is tested and I dont think preinstalled OS has anything to do with this.
Full diagnosis?
And how to do this? You know very well that diagnosis can be done with diagnostic tools only and such tools have services only. I hope you will find answers but Im 99% sure there is nothing you can do about that. Maybe you should contact service, explain the situation and ask for help.

Why does my macbook shut down when the lid is closed?

Hi,
I have a Macbook Pro (mid-2012) running 10.9.1
Last week out of the blue, the Macbook started shutting down whenever I close the lid.
When I open the lid, the logon screen appears (as if it's been asleep as normal) but almost immediately reboots itself.
Has anyone else got the same issue? Any idea how to resolve?
Thanks

If after you open the lid you do get the login screen, almost immediately, but then it restarts your system is not shutting down when you close the lid. It is going into a sleep state but then crashes when trying to come out of that sleep state. There are quite a few posts on this problem and it seems to be caused by the system going into the Deep Sleep state also known as the hibernate mode. That is where the contents of the RAM is written to the hard drive and the system suspends supplying power to the RAM chips so the system uses even less power then in regular sleep mode.
That is only supposed to happen after the system has been in the regular sleep mode for an extended period of time.
To check the state of the huiberbnate mode open terminal and type in, or copy and paste, this command.
pmset -g | grep hibernatemode
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Shuts down when I close my MB. What's the crack?

I've read a bit about this on other threads but I just don't get it.
My MB has done this about 30 times since I've had it. It's 6 months old.
For the last 3 days it has done it every day. Is it getting worse?
There is no pattern to follow. Just sometimes when I close the screen I hear the chime and I open up to the blue start up screen.
Is there any known remedy to this? It's doing my head in.

When you close the lid, the MacBook should go to sleep. If you choose "sleep" from the Apple menu, does the MacBook shut down then as well?
If so, it's unlikely you have a hardware problem (since no hardware is involved with the selection of the menu option). You might try try restarting and holding down the "shift" key to startup in "safe" mode. Does it behave the same way in "safe" mode? If not, then you may have a third-party software conflict.
If it doesn't shut down when you choose "sleep" from the Apple menu, it's possible that you have a hardware problem with the switch that tells the MacBook when you've opened or closed the MacBook. Does the MacBook shut down if you put it to sleep first from the menu before you close the lid?
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My system shuts down when i ask it to sleep.. Help??!!

I have The operating system Windows 8.1. When i close the laptop or ask it to sleep it closes without a problem. On restart all the programs i had open are closed and it reboots as if i shut the laptop down rather than asked it to sleep.
I'm doing my dissertation at the minute and I have many tabs open, it just adds to my frustration when i have to re-open all the tabs and wait 2-5 minutes for the system to boot?
Is there anything I can do?
Knowhow at pc world said there is nothing i can do, its just an operating system fault?
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John

Hi,
How do you wake up your computer, pressing FN? How long it takes to wake up from sleep?
I suspect that your computer unexpected shut down when you put it into Sleep.
Please run SFC /scan command to check if there is any error or corrupted files which may cause the issue.
Would you please also check if there is any minidump created after sleep?
To ensure minidumps are enabled, refer to the step “Configure the dump type” in following article:
How to read the small memory dump file that is created by Windows if a crash occurs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263#method2
If there it is, please help to upload it here for our research.
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Should G5 shut down when it goes to sleep?

I bought this G5 on eBay for a song (and I've been singing ever since) . It came without a disk, no accesss to the password and they had taken the Airport Card out. (Specks say it comes with the APCard) Serves me right I guess. Anyhow, It has always shut down right after it goes to sleep. Is there anything I can do to stop this? I work between two computers and sometimes I don't get right back to it. Restarting all the time is a real annoyance.

OK, the answer to the main question is "no" it shouldn't shut down when it goes to sleep. I would first open the Energy Saver panel in System Preferences and make sure that you have the machine set to never go to sleep. Here is a Tiger screen shot of that panel:
That should solve your immediate problem. The particular settings work very well for me, allowing me to put the computer to sleep from the Apple menu when I am not going to be using it for a while. You might also want to take a look at the "Schedule,,," area in the energy saver panel, as in this picture, to see that nothing is selected there.
Now, if the machine actually shuts down when you command it to sleep, then there are other issues we can work on.

Haroon Mahmood – computer shut down when getting update notifications

Hi,
I am Haroon Mahmood. I am new user to this forum. I faced some problem regarding the computer. I am just open a news site then whole thing will just shut off. This problem has happened many times in my computer. But last time when I started
back up I notice there was window update, that there is new update available on my computer. I could not found any solution of this problem. Please let me know the solution of this problem.
Thanks & Regards
Haroon Mahmood

Hello Haroon Mahmood,
Do you mean that the Windows shut down automatically when Windows update start?
Will it shut down when you manually use Windows Update?
Please take the following steps for troubleshooting:
1. Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\All Categories and run the Windows Update Troubleshooter
2. Open the event viewer and check if there are any related error log. For more information about the event log, please refer to the following article.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-event-viewer#1TC=windows-7
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MacBook shuts down when sleep, asks to shut down, screensaver changes

Hello. My MacBook is having all sorts of problems and they just started occuring recently.
1. It shuts down when it's 'sleeping'. When I open it, I have to press the button to turn it back on. Sometimes it wouldn't reboot and the log in page would pop up, but rarely.
2. While I'm using my macbook, a window would ask me if I want to 'shut down, restart, sleep, cancel'. Or something like that. It would do this every few minutes.
3. I noticed that my screensaver would go back to Flurry/default.
Could this be a battery issue? I noticed that it says 'replace soon'. I will definitely go to a genius bar, but I'm too busy right now with school I don't know when I can make a trip to the nearest Apple store.

You can get a new battery fairly cheap on eBay if you have the Early 2008 MacBook with the easily removable battery.
Black Batteries http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=macbook+black+battery&_sacat=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=12 &_dmpt=Laptop_Batteries&_odkw=macbook+white+battery&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m 270.l1313
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Or for $129 from Apple http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA566LL/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

ITunes keeps shutting down when I open it up. The message says iTunes has stopped working. A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solutions is found.

iTunes keeps shutting down when I open it up. The message says iTunes has stopped working. A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solutions is found.

For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
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