Blue Screen Kernel Panic?  Help!

My ibook has a kernel panic about every 2-3 days. The only way I can get it restarted is to push down hard on the top left side next to the track pad. I have done al of the usual kernel panic fix routines. I believe that somewhere , something isn't making contact on the board so when I push on it it makes temporary contact-but I'm not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated-thanks, Retha
This is the panic log:
http://files.me.com/mich451/rg2uwl

Thanks-I kind of thought that but wasn't sure-I'm going to check it out.
Thanks to all those who help us rookies out!
-Retha

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    It was ok for a pair of hours and then > mouse freeze and kernel panic again...
    I reaaally need help, I don't know what to do anymore. I've spent my last week unplugging usb plugs, opening my UC, repairing permissions etc...
    now I feel helpless...
    Here are some extracts of console logs I've had :
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    May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    tons and tons (but really!!) of these :
    AppleUSBOHCI[0x1382800]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
    May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.217 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.248 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.279
    IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.962 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.993 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 24 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 28 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 65 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 96 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.127 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.131 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
    May 14 23:10:09 localhost kernel: USBF:
    tons on this too :
    2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
    May 15 00:56:15 localhost kernel: USBF: 2137.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 59726)
    May 15 00:56:16 localhost kernel: USBF: 2138.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 60703)
    May 15 00:56:17 localhost kernel: USBF: 2139.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 61680)
    May 15 00:56:18 localhost kernel: USBF: 2140.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 62657)
    May 15 00:56:19 localhost kernel: USBF: 2141.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 63634)
    May 15 00:56:20 localhost kernel: USBF: 2142.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 64611)
    May 15 00:56:34 localhost kernel: USBF: 2156.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 13052)
    May 15 00:56:35 localhost kernel: USBF: 2157.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 14029)
    May 15 00:56:36 localhost kernel: USBF: 2158.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 15030)
    May 15 00:56:37 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
    May 15 00:56:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 2159.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16007)
    May 15 00:56:38 localhost kernel: USBF: 2160.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16984)
    May 15 00:56:39 localhost kernel: USBF: 2161.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 17961)
    May 15 00:56:40 localhost kernel: USBF: 2162.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 18938)
    May 15 00:56:41 localhost kernel: USBF: 2163.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 19915)
    May 15 00:56:53 localhost syslogd: exiting on signal 15
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: restart
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: kernel boot file is /mach_kernel
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: vmpagebootstrap: 125572 free pages
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: migtable_maxdispl = 68
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: IOKit Component Version 7.9:
    May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: Wed Mar 30 20:07:52 PST 2005; root(rcbuilder):RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: 82 prelinked modules
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel:
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: using 1310 buffer headers and 1310 cluster IO buffer headers
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0x110600:0x2a1bd
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0xa95ff:0xfeef67e0
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Security auditing service present
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSM auditing present
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: From path: "/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:10,\mach_kernel", Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOPathMatch</key><string ID="1">IODeviceTree:/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@0:10</string></dict>
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6@D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADev iceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST 380011A Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled2@10
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSD root: disk0s10, major 14, minor 9
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: AppleCPUThermo couldn't parse platform functions
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Jettisoning kernel linker.
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Resetting IOCatalogue.
    May 15 01:17:07 localhost kextd[84]: registering service "com.apple.KernelExtensionServer"
    May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: Matching service count = 0
    May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: AppleRS232Serial: 0 0 AppleRS232Serial::start - returning false early, Connector or machine incorrect
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    May 15 01:17:13 localhost SystemStarter: Bienvenue sur Macintosh.
    May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:ef:67:e0
    May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:11:06:00:00:02:a1:bd
    May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:0a:95:ff:fe:ef:67:e0
    May 15 01:17:14 localhost lookupd[125]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:14 2008
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple Multicast DNS Responder
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting timed execution services
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting SecurityServer
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    May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage des services ? ex?cution diff?r?e
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting kernel event agent
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: mDNSResponder-58.8.1 (Jan 31 2005 21:11:41) starting
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    May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk0s10 hfs 3A48DD89-B2C1-3D82-A158-1469A7237FD8 Sans titre /
    May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software [not mounted]
    May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Starting SecurityServer
    May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage de l?agent d??v?nement du kernel
    May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Initializing network
    May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Initialisation du r?seau
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    May 15 01:17:18 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
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    May 15 01:17:21 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
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    May 15 01:17:21 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 2ac7 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 125]
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    May 15 01:17:21 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network time synchronization
    May 15 01:17:21 localhost set-hostname[220]: setting hostname to ordi.local
    May 15 01:17:23 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
    May 15 01:17:23 localhost SystemStarter: The "HasShadow" window property is obsolete. Use CGSSetWindowShadowAndRimParameters(cid, wid, 0.0,0.0, 0,0, CGSNoShadowStyle) to turn off the window shadow instead. Set a break-point on CGSLogMessage to find out where this property is set.
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    May 15 01:17:23 localhost ntpdate[239]: ntpdate [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:10 PDT 2003 (1)
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting printing services
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpdate[239]: step time server 17.72.133.45 offset 0.090631 sec
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: ntpd [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:03 PDT 2003 (1)
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: precision = 8 usec
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s1 msdos 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 My Book /Volumes/My Book
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost automount[288]: automount version 57
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost syslogd: /dev/console: Input/output error
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/libexec/fix_prebinding": exited with non-zero status 1 [pid 301]
    May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple File Service
    May 15 01:17:25 localhost automount[311]: automount version 57
    May 15 01:17:25 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apache web server
    May 15 01:17:25 localhost /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
    May 15 01:17:25 localhost DirectoryService[323]: Launched version 1.8.5 (v258.3)
    May 15 01:17:26 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading IP Firewall extension
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP firewall loaded
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting internet services
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost /usr/sbin/httpd: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap options compiled in.
    May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: Started working: 2 available services
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: logout notification received.
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: requesting logout processing.
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: logout notification received.
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: requesting logout processing.
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
    May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
    May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
    May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: InternalUSBModem::setPowerState(1)
    May 15 01:17:32 localhost TabletDriver[362]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
    May 15 01:17:51 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: SystemUIServer [376]:21019 not responding.
    May 15 01:17:52 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
    May 15 01:19:39 localhost kernel: resize: max chain len 22, new table size 8192
    May 15 01:27:28 localhost lookupd[195]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
    May 15 02:08:31 localhost kernel: USBF: 3107.389 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1281000]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x12e8300 - releasing device
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    Latest crash info for cpu 0:
    Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
    PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
    Backtrace:
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    Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
    previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
    Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
    PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
    Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
    panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
    Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
    Backtrace:
    0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
    PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
    Backtrace:
    0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
    Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
    Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
    PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
    Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
    Wed May 14 23:30:32 2008
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    AsyncSrc = 0000000000000000, CoreFIR = 0000000000000000
    L2FIR = 0000000000000000, BusFir = 0000000000000000
    Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
    Backtrace:
    0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x0009160C 0x000908F8 0x0009402C
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x1FC42280)
    PC=0x0070FE50; MSR=0x00149030; DAR=0x007D0000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0070DBE4; R1=0x0CDBBD20; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
    Backtrace:
    0x0070DB8C 0x0070D808 0x00267FCC 0x00266EAC 0x00266E10
    Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
    Exception state (sv=0x1F638C80)
    PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
    Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
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