Computer Self-Rebooting After 10.6.5 Update

This morning, my computer prompted me to update to 10.6.5. Since then, the computer has self-rebooted twice when idle. I have never run into this behavior before with any version of Mac OS. Any suggestions on what to do at this point would be greatly appreciated.

nelsonlu wrote:
Well, I may be showing my naivete here, but shouldn't it be free with AppleCare?
Most Original MBPs are beyond the 3 years when AC would still be active, so I didn't think to ask if the MBP was covered under extended AppleCare coverage. Even while covered by AC, I've never had a callback, but I'm sure they'll ask for a credit card number if it does cost, and then you can decide.
As far as SafeBoot is concerned, I may try that next.
No harm trying, and will clear out some caches that may not have been cleaned in awhile.
So far, it has not rebooted itself since the permissions repair.
And another school of thought: don't fix what ain't broke. So you may wish to just run things as they are and if the problem stops, no worries.

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