Kernal Panic Once a Day... send in or can I self repair?

[villanova329]

Lately I've been having a bunch of kernals panics, almost to the point where it happens at least once a day. I really can't afford to be without my computer now that the new semester has started. Do I have to send this issue into Applecare, or is there something I can do on my end? Thanks guys.

[IJ Reilly]

More description needed. What if anything have you done so far to diagnose this problem? Have you added any RAM lately?

[villanova329]

Yeah more detail would be nice:

About a month ago Apple had replaced several things in my computer: new hard drive, temperature sensor, fans, speaker/wrist pad bezel. But it was around that time. About 2 weeks I had reformatted my computer and reinstalled the OS. I had not installed any new RAM lately, I had a 512MB put in a week after I purchased this, which was in April.

I'm doing just any regular old task and then all of a sudden I get the slow fading of the screen, then the "computer must shut down" screen.

[IJ Reilly]

Given the history, I'd have Apple look at it again. What was the problem the first time?