Mac Pro 2 screens and both go blue then back to normal

any ideas. Working away then both screens go blue then back to where i was working
same for any user who logs in
no ryme or reason. can work for hr no isuues or minutes
nothing obvious in logs
john

exact same thing happening to me, the screen goes blue, and then about 30 seconds later goes back to normal. Sometimes it keeps doing this every few minutes, sometimes it doesnt happen at all.
Does any one have any idea about why this is happening?

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