IMAC SHUTS OFF WHILE PLAYING ITUNES

My IMac shuts off (like the plug was pulled) while playing ITunes and after the computer has been on for several hours.  I am running OSX10.5.8.  Any suggestions?   My fan would not quit running a few weeks ago and I used the Program "clean my pc" and that corrected the problem or at least I thought it did.  The fan does not audible run (loudly) any longer.

Shutting down like that MIGHT be a sign of overheating.
Suggest that you download XRG   http://www.gauchosoft.com/Products/XRG/   which monitors your computer's processor temperature and hard disk temperature, and also shows fan speeds.
Run XRG and watch what it does as you run iTunes leading up to the moment that your Mac shuts down. See if the temperatures are increasing, and if they are, the fans should also increase. If the fans don't run as well when the temperature rises, then they might be broken and can be repaired (typically).

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