Strange Error message

[Phat_Pat]

I just recieved a rather strange error message. After waking up my computer the screen darkened and a transparent box appeared that read in several languges "You must restart your computer. To do so either hit the restart button or hold the power button for a few seconds"

i have absolutly no clue what caused this and i dont have any photos because the whole system was inaccesable.

any ideas.... :confused:

-Pat

[Norouzi]

I've seen that happen before, it's happened once on my PM G4. I have no idea what caused it the first time. After it happened I booted from my install CD's and ran Disk Utility, I don't think it actually found anything wrong, and I repaired permissions. I haven't had it happen again, and it's been at least 6 months since it happened. Now I've also upgraded to Panther since it happened, are you running Panther or Jaguar?

[Phat_Pat]

newest of everything. 10.3.7

maybe ill run hardware test....

[zimv20]

it's a kernel panic. happens sometimes.

if it happens a lot, that'd be cause for concern.

[Mechcozmo]

Linkety (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=102527)

Look for the continuation of my post there. It tells you what a Kernel Panic is. (3rd page)