unexpected restart of computer

[Wade Smart]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Sun, 03 May 2009 09:23:39 -0500
> Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 20090503 0920 GMT-5
>>
>> In the past 24 hours, 3 times now my computer has rebooted.
>> Well, thats not entirely accurate...
>>
>> Just 2 minutes ago I was reading a article on a web site, I moved my 
>> cursor up and to the left to back out of that page and my screen 
>> instantly turned black. It takes between 5 and 10 seconds and then
>> the login screen pops up. So the computer hardware isn't rebooting,
>> only the OS.
>>
>> Even trying to save your documents every few minutes is difficult on 
>> something like this.
>>
>> I looked in the logs but I don't see anything that would say
>> something occurred.
>>
>> Wade
> 
> Mine did that for about a year before I found the faulty hard disk. It
> was not even the one with the OS I was using. The faulty disk was only
> used to store backups, but after removing it, I have not had any more
> issues.
> 
> Good luck,
> 

20090503 1145 GMT-5

Does this error have to do with the hd:

gdm[22924]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - 
Restarting :0

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