Intel-iMac shuts down

Hello,
I have two very old iPod's that still work great and a new iTouch. I still have an old PowerBook G4 that works great. The only problems that I have are the fans always running very loud and it's very hot.
Anyways, I bought one of the first iMac G5's and it worked great for the first year. After that I had nothing, but problems. Very loud fan noise and it would always shut down even while just using Firefox. I was glad that Apple gave out an extended warranty on the iMac G5's. Of course they replaced the power supply and logic board a few times. I had to get Apple corporate involved and that's when they gave me a new intel-iMac.
I just hit the 2 year mark with my new intel-iMac. The computer has ran great, but now it shuts down on me for no reason. I don't have loud fan noise, but the case gets very hot! I hope it's not a hardware problem again. Could it be a software problem?
Below is my log file of the last crash:
Jul 13 19:01:27 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 253712 free pages
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 71
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: 89 prelinked modules
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: E2A4D71C-2C5C-492B-81AA-FABDCA405647
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 PCI now active, GUID 001b63fffe8de00a; max speed s800.
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/WDC WD2500AAJS-40RYA0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 3255296 to: 21396480 (joffset 0x7d01000)
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothHCIController::start Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 4 orphaned unlinked files
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 0
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST on
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost kernel[0]: 4.170.46.9IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 13 19:01:27 localhost mDNSResponder-108.6 (Jul 19 2007 11: 41:28)[31]: starting
Jul 13 19:01:27 localhost lookupd[40]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Mon Jul 13 19:01:27 2009
Jul 13 19:01:27 localhost memberd[39]: memberd starting up
Jul 13 19:01:28 localhost DirectoryService[44]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost usbmuxd[34]: usbmuxd-167 built for iTunesEightTwo on May 11 2009 at 13:36:48, running 32 bit
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost diskarbitrationd[38]: disk0s2 hfs 64955A85-1720-3C08-B2FF-FF77C91746BC Macintosh HD /
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost kernel[0]: yukon: Ethernet address 00:1b:63:96:01:17
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1c:b3:71:ae:a7
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost lookupd[62]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Mon Jul 13 19:01:29 2009
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 13 19:01:29 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
Jul 13 19:01:29 Shamu configd[36]: setting hostname to "Shamu.local"
Jul 13 19:01:30 Shamu kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Jul 13 19:01:30 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
Jul 13 19:01:30 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
Jul 13 19:01:31 Shamu kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Jul 13 19:01:31 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'X0'.
Jul 13 19:01:31 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
Jul 13 19:01:32 Shamu kernel[0]: Authentication Mismatch failure
Jul 13 19:01:32 Shamu mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 13 19:01:33 Shamu kernel[0]: MAC AUTH succeeded
Jul 13 19:01:33 Shamu /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Jul 13 19:01:34 Shamu loginwindow[67]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jul 13 19:01:35 Shamu configd[36]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
Jul 13 19:01:35 Shamu configd[36]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 13 19:01:35 Shamu lookupd[77]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Mon Jul 13 19:01:35 2009
Jul 13 19:01:36 Shamu VersionCueCS2Daemon[155]: warning: VersionCueCS2Daemon not started by mach_init process (parent pid: 1)
Jul 13 19:01:37 Shamu configd[36]: target=enable-network: disabled
Jul 13 19:01:45 Shamu /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Currently connected to network 435E1
Thanks for your help!
Jason

Okay, started up my computer last night just for a few mins. It crashed again when just checking my e-mail.
Jul 18 23:17:39 Shamu kernel[0]: System Wake
Jul 18 23:17:39 Shamu kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 18 23:17:48 Shamu configd[36]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 18 23:17:48 Shamu launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[617]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Jul 18 23:17:50 Shamu kernel[0]: Authentication Mismatch failure
Jul 18 23:17:52 Shamu kernel[0]: MAC AUTH succeeded
Jul 18 23:17:53 Shamu mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:021C:B3FF:FE71:AEA7); delaying packets by 5 seconds
Jul 18 23:17:54 Shamu lookupd[1092]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sat Jul 18 23:17:54 2009
Jul 18 23:18:03 Shamu configd[36]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 18 23:18:03 Shamu lookupd[1096]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sat Jul 18 23:18:03 2009
Jul 18 23:18:05 Shamu mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.7); delaying packets by 5 seconds
Jul 18 23:20:56 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:21:00 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:21:08 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:21:20 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:21:39 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:21:56 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:22:02 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:22:06 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:22:10 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:22:14 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:22:58 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:23:16 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:23:53 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:24:04 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:24:23 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:34:03 Shamu kernel[0]: AirPort: Roam (Beacons Lost)
Jul 18 23:35:53 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 253712 free pages
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 71
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: 89 prelinked modules
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI CA 20060421
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: ready
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Enabling XMM register save/restore and SSE/SSE2 opcodes
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Started CPU 01
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: E2A4D71C-2C5C-492B-81AA-FABDCA405647
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: USB caused wake event (EHCI)
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 PCI now active, GUID 001b63fffe8de00a; max speed s800.
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/WDC WD2500AAJS-40RYA0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 8706048 to: 16946176 (joffset 0x7d01000)
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 7 orphaned unlinked files
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::probe:
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start before command
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 0
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::stop
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST on
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: 4.170.46.9IOBluetoothHCIController::start Idle Timer Stopped
Jul 18 23:35:54 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Jul 18 23:35:53 localhost memberd[40]: memberd starting up
Jul 18 23:35:53 localhost mDNSResponder-108.6 (Jul 19 2007 11: 41:28)[31]: starting
Jul 18 23:35:53 localhost lookupd[41]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sat Jul 18 23:35:53 2009
Jul 18 23:35:53 localhost DirectoryService[44]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost usbmuxd[34]: usbmuxd-167 built for iTunesEightTwo on May 11 2009 at 13:36:48, running 32 bit
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost kernel[0]: yukon: Ethernet address 00:1b:63:96:01:17
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost diskarbitrationd[39]: disk0s2 hfs 64955A85-1720-3C08-B2FF-FF77C91746BC Macintosh HD /
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1c:b3:71:ae:a7
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost lookupd[62]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sat Jul 18 23:35:55 2009
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost kernel[0]: Registering For 802.11 Events
Jul 18 23:35:55 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][setupHardware] AFH Is Supported
Jul 18 23:35:55 Shamu configd[37]: setting hostname to "Shamu.local"
Jul 18 23:35:56 Shamu kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Jul 18 23:35:56 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
Jul 18 23:35:56 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
Jul 18 23:35:57 Shamu kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Jul 18 23:35:57 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'X0'.
Jul 18 23:35:57 Shamu kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
Jul 18 23:35:58 Shamu kernel[0]: Authentication Mismatch failure
Jul 18 23:35:58 Shamu mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Jul 18 23:36:00 Shamu kernel[0]: MAC AUTH succeeded
Jul 18 23:36:00 Shamu /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Jul 18 23:36:00 Shamu loginwindow[67]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Jul 18 23:36:01 Shamu configd[37]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
Jul 18 23:36:01 Shamu configd[37]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Jul 18 23:36:01 Shamu lookupd[77]: lookupd (version 369.8) starting - Sat Jul 18 23:36:01 2009
Jul 18 23:36:02 Shamu configd[37]: target=enable-network: disabled
Jul 18 23:36:02 Shamu VersionCueCS2Daemon[162]: warning: VersionCueCS2Daemon not started by mach_init process (parent pid: 1)
Jul 18 23:36:17 Shamu /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport: Currently connected to network 435E1
Thanks for any help,
Jason

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IMac shuts down when using Safari 2.0.4

My iMac shuts down when I visit certain websites such as Pogo or video sites. Took it to the Apple store and of course the problem wouldn't replicate there. They kept it to check out the scripts and logs to see if they could find a problem - without success; although they did suggest my house is haunted. Brought it home and it quit again.
We thought perhaps we were getting interference from other wireless devices and unplugged our cordless phone which worked for a day. The computer always turns back on so its more of an annoyance than a real problem, but I'm baffled.
It also happened once when I was downloading from the iTunes store, but is most prevalent with Safari.
We have wireless internet connected via ethernet to an Airport Express.
Any ideas? Thanks.
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Hi Barry -
Yes I do live near a ghost town (kinda) - Virginia City, NV. And I did tell any unwanted visitors to leave.
Actually, in the last year, they have replaced the Super drive, power supply, inverter and logic board. The only reason I'm not thinking power issues is that it only happens when I'm in Safari or iTunes. I would use Firefox except I've got java issues with that. I can (and do) use the machine for other things all day long without problems. I can use Safari all day long as long as I'm not playing on Pogo or certain video sites. Maybe Pogo is haunted?
It also doesn't happen on my husband's iMac on the other side of the house. Is there something that could cause enough interference to actually make the machine shut down? Oh, the antennae for the satellite TV and internet are on the roof directly above me, if that would have anything to do with it.
Thanks for your help.

IMac shutting down on startup - Can't enter safe mode as wireless keyboard doesn't connect quickly enough

Hi all,
I was planning to use bootcamp to install Windows 7 on my mid-2010 21.5" iMac.
Bootcamp recommended I usk disk utility to repair the drive. I had a snow leopard install disk in the drive, (I didn't realise Lion already had it's recovery tools built in to the hard drive.)
Disk utility said it can't repair the drive and recommended I start backing up my data (because the hard drive could be about to fail). Fine, so I restarted, with the intention of backing up everything (all my work for the last 12 months). So I press the power button, grey screen comes up, then the apple logo, then a progress bar appears (found this odd at first, but later found out it has something to do with disk utility and a bad hard drive) it gets to around 20% and then all power is cut from the iMac and the hard drive stops/everything powers down.
Now, I can't seem to get my iMac to boot into recovery utilities or into safe mode because it doesn't connect to the wireless keyboard in time before it shuts down. So, if I use a wired keyboard (I have a dell USB keyboard that I can take from the office), will I be able to boot into safe mode?
Also, if the disk in drive is causing the problem, then I can't remove it because the wireless keyboard won't connect/register any keypresses.

Ok so, status report:
Wired keyboard is non responsive when I plug it in before/during boot. So i guess it needs to be plugged in before the iMac shut down. That's that out the window.
Plugged in headphones and I can't hear the startup chime so don't know when to start holding buttons.
To make matters worse, the wireless keyboard is no longer paired with the iMac, getting a green blinking light which indicates it wants to connect to a computer or device.
So I can't enter any commands whatsoever, can't remove the disk in the drive or boot safe mode. It's my worst nightmare.

IMac shuts down after removing Mini DisplayPort to SVGA

Hi,
The last couple of years I have worked with a 27 inch iMac in combination with a HP 27 inch monitor. This monitor is connected via a Mini Displayport to SVGA connector. Because I am going to use this external monitor anymore, I disconnected it today which made my iMac shut down imediately. Then it keeps rebooting and trying to start up but shuts down again. Over and over.
The problem stops as soon as I connect the monitor again.
Anybody have any thoughts?

Hello there, TheCapGuy.
The following Knowledge Base article is a great resource for steps in troubleshooting spontaneous restarts:
OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4636
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

First Gen G5 iMac: Shuts Down In Just Seconds

My first generation G5 iMac shuts down within about 30 seconds to several minutes upon boot up. I had it off for about 3 or 4 days days while away, prior to this it worked fine. I purchased it in November of 2004.
OS 10.4.8
I have it connected to an APC UPS, there was a lengthy power failure while I was away, but the iMac was off; it is connected to the UPS via USB cable, i've disconnected all unnecessary connections, opened up the iMac and blew dust out of it, but it still shuts down shortly after boot up.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
1.8 GHZ 20 G5 iMac (Rev A) 1GB RAM/250GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks all, and to Barry & MGW:
It looks as if my iMac is within the serial no. range of a recall for power supplies. My wife is taking the iMac to an Apple store today, she called Apple earlier this morning and got an appointment, also we have the AppleCare plan and are still covered. I will post again after the Apple Store visit with an update.
I use SuperDuper! It's a great program, unfortunately my last back-up is several weeks old (shame on me) and now the iMac won't stay on long enough to make a fresh backup.
Hopefully, a new power supply will fix things up and the HD will be untouched.

10.9.5 my iMac shuts down when supposedly asleep

How can I stop my iMac shutting down when it is programmed to sleep. 10.9.5

How can I stop my iMac shutting down when it is programmed to sleep. 10.9.5

Imac shuts down when not in use

I purchased my 21.5" imac July 9, 2011 with Snow Leopard. No problems for 1 month. Then about August 12th or so, my imac started to mysteriously "shut down" when not in use. I'll be working on it, then get up to go pour myself a cup of coffee or something...then I come back to my computer that has now shut off. It is NOT asleep...it is OFF. So I turn it back on and it is fine. This has happened a few times now within a week. Anyone else have this problem?
By the way, I am now running Lyon, as of August 18th. When the imac shut down, I was usually viewing photos or on the web.
thanks!

First thing I would try is to reset the SMC, it can help with power related problems. Shut down the Mac and unplug everything including the power. Press and hold down the power button for 10 seconds. Plug in the computer but be careful not to press the power button as you are plugging it in. Wait a few seconds and turn it on. Hopefully it won't happen again. There is always Apple Support. Don't let the problem persist until your free phone tech support has expired (3 months). I would also recommend using the iMac with an UPS, and at the very least, a high quality surge protector.
If you have MS Word or a similar word processor you could try enabling the autosave feature and set it to 1 minute intervals. Keep a document open and if you come back to the computer and it has shut down, you can look at the last time the document was updated and know what time the comptuer turned itself off. It could be useful in diagnosing the problem.

IMac shuts down when commanded to print

A friend of mine got a new Samsung color laser and when he tries to print his computer immediately shuts down. I uninstalled/reinstalled the printer software, ran FSCK which fixed some disk directory problems (probably from the unexpected shutdowns) and ran Cocktail, which did the cron scripts and cleared out the caches as well as repairing permissions. It seemed to be working normally, but he just called to tell me that the machine shut down again when he tried to print a document.
Anyone have any ideas about what's going on and what to do about it? Thanks in advance for your assistance.
PowerMac G5 2.0 DP Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Thanks for all the help.
I went back to his house tonight and we figured it out. I reset the SMU and installed the latest drivers, but the problem persisted. It was a little warm in the room, so we turned on a small fan on his desk next to the iMac. The next time we tried to print, we noticed that the speed of the fan dropped for a moment at the same time the iMac shut down. I then looked to where the equipment was plugged in and found one of those battery backup power strips with the printer plugged in to one of the backed up outlets. I moved it to one of the non-backed up outlets and the problem disappeared. I'm thinking that the printer was pulling too much power from the system and the iMac was shutting down due to low voltage. Just proves you have to check everything.
PowerMac G5 2.0 DP Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Imac shut down

My imac shuts down by itself at anytime

First check System Preferences - Energy Saver - Schedule and see if someone accidentally scheduled shut offs. If that is unchecked then you probably have a power issue, get your power and plugs checked where the machine is located, if the machine is on a UPS and the power issue is cause by your wiring or power company then the UPS can at least make it easier on teh system so it can do orderly shutdowns.
If the power checks out OK then run Apple Hardware Test in extended mode at least 3x, if errors appear you have verified a hardware problem and need to take the machine in for repair. Don't ask what the codes mean, Apple does not publish that information. AHT is not the most reliable test but it's what you have, if it doesn't report errors that does not rule out a hardware issue, meaning you should still take it in to be checked by your local Apple Store or AASP.

Imac shuts down w/o reason

Recently I face the problem that my iMac shuts down without any reason, just like unplugging the the power. I did check the power, it's ok. Sometimes it happens after some hours, sometimes just after start-up.
Does anybody know about that?

Hello Fred:
Your profile does not indicate what version of iMac you are running. Take a look at this to determine if your system falls into one of the categories:
http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/imac.html
Barry

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