Gray/Black screen of Death..Help

I have a strange problem. This does not happen all the time but frequent enough.
I get the black/grayish screen of death typically if my computer goes to sleep and when I wake it up use my wireless mouse. The mouse is a Logitech VX revolution. It seems to work fine as long as I don't let my mac sleep. I go make a snack, watch something on t.v. come back touch the mouse and death. Is the problem likely connected to the mouse or could it be a bigger issue?
Thoughts?
Tig

Hi
Popular wisdom says that Kernel Panics are caused by hardware issues. You should check out this page: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
Come back if nothing here resolves the problem.
Bob
PS: I've got a Logitech wireless mouse and it works perfectly - never causes a KP under any conditions.

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