Quicksilver won't power down w/Leopard

After installing Leopard on my Quicksilver (w/GigaDesigns dual 1.8 processors), when I go to shut down or restart, the screen clears as if to power down, but the the spinning (whatever it's called) keeps spinning and I eventually have to hold the power button in to shut it down. It restarts okay. Even in safe boot, the same thing happens. Suggestions?

An archive and Install is not the same as an erase and install. The archive is great cause you get to keep all your settings and not re-install apps. but it can also bring problems to the new install that were present in the previous OS.
If you cruise the Leopard Usage forum you'll see suggested, time and again, if you are having issues with Leopard to do an erase and install. That means backing up and re-installing apps; basically starting over. I would Zero Out Data too to map out any bad blocks on the drive. Let us know if you need help with the Erase and Install. Beware, these procedures will totally wipe out everything on your drive.
Note; also make sure every app. you have on the Mac is able to run using 10.5 and get rid of every haxies you have. If you are using apps. from Versiontracker.com, go there and find the updates if they are available.
I would re-post in the forum I linked if you still have troubles after all this.
DALE

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