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Jan 9, 2006
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Calgary.Alberta.Canada
Im running my powerbook and doing basic use when i got an error message prompt up disabeling the computer that told me to hold the power button down for several seconds to restart. When i restarted it, the machine got held up at start up.

I have never seen this before, does anyone know why this happened?
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You just experienced a kernel panic, which are rare, but do occur from time to time. If it isn't a regular occurrence, I wouldn't get to concerned about it.

If it does become regular, then let us know. I'm assuming you're back up and running now?
 
It's a kernel panic. If your machine behaves more or less normally going forward, you can probably safely ignore it as a one-off event. But if it happens again, you may have a problem. Then it's time to see if you can reproduce it or track down what's causing it.
 
The link WildCowboy supplied has some suggestions on troubleshooting that you might want to check out.
 
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