IBook won't turn off completely?

I am new to Apple so please excuse me if this is a simple matter.....
I find that even after shutting down my iBook there is still some residual power in there (the modem light remains on). This is curtailed by removing the power supply. However this either leaves the battery to run down to zero and cause an "unexpected shut down" or if the battery is removed, the same result. There is no "sleep" light showing which I could maybe understand.
Each time I restart the computer the date has gone back to 1970 and a report is created to send to Apple.
Is there a fix or setting I need to apply? I just want to shut down the computer and know it has done just that!

Hi Philipb01,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
Try resetting the PMU (Knowledge Base Document #14449, which covers Resetting Powerbook and iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)); it will not erase the data on your hard drive, but you should read that document throughly. When you says the modem light, you mean the the light in the from of the iBook below the trackpad? Do you ever get a kernel panic (Knowledge Base Document #106227 on What's a "kernel panic"? (Mac OS X))? If you remove the battery it will go dead unless your iBook is plugged in. How exactly are you shutting down? Do you use the Apple Menu > Shutdown method? Do you press the power button and click on shut down? Make sure to leave the display open until the screen goes black. You may be putting it to sleep before it shuts down.
Jon
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