shutdown problem Gigabyte GAP35DQ6 FIXED

[peterg]

hi

this is some info for people struggling with shutdown problems. (restart and sleep worked!)

i tried a long time to fix this one niggling problem - then after all the time got sucked out of my life i gave up and decided to live with it. then i chanced on a solution.

 

i have a pretty standard setup - vanilla 10.5 install updated to 10.5.6 + bootefi/chamelon etc.

 

while i won't say it will fix your problem, i have tried many 'fixes' that did not fix mine, and this did.

 

go to terminal, type:

cd /System/Library/Extensions/IOAHCIFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext/Contents/
sudo cp Info.plist Info.plist.old
sudo nano Info.plist

search thru for the line <string>IOAHCIDevice</string>

after this line insert the code:

<key>Physical Interconnect</key>
<string>SATA</string>
<key>Physical Interconnect Location</key>
<string>Internal</string>
<key>Protocol Characteristics</key>
<dict>
<key>Physical Interconnect</key>
<string>SATA</string>
<key>Physical Interconnect Location</key>
<string>Internal</string>
</dict>

^x y to save

it won't hurt to update the boot caches, then reboot

 

good luck and let me know how you go!