G5 Mac Just Turns Off!

Hello, I have a G5mac, it is approx 15 months old.
Up to now nothing has gone wrong but about 2 weeks ago it just turned off as if the plug had been pulled out. This happens about 5 times per day and can be higher for no apparent reason, it can happen whether i am on the net, itunes or microsoft office, or anything else.
When I turn it back on it has come up with a text box saying that the itunes library is damaged and that the mac will try and recover the library. This has happened twice only and has resulted in hundreds of tracks being lost.
Is there anyone that can help?
Richard.

Hope this is not an epidemic...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=364712&tstart=15
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Mac mini turns off without any reason

My Mac mini turns off without any reason. I just want to make a backup with time machine and after a while the computer doesn´t work anymore. I just see the start-screen with all the users and I had to sign with my user password. After the mac restarts, I had to start time machine again. I stopped energy-management, because I thought that might be the problem but not. Time machine should work the whole night, but I don´t want to sit the whole time next to the mac to wake him up every several minutes. What can I do?

From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Security & Privacy
If there's a closed padlock icon in the lower left corner of the preference pane, click it and enter your login password when prompted.
Click the Advanced button and, in the sheet that opens, uncheck the box marked
Log out after … minutes of inactivity

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