Macbook shuts down or hangs when ichat or ym webcam is opened

my macbook shuts down everytime i open my ichat webcam and my ym webcam. please help

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    After using Macs my whole life, this is the one situation that truly baffles and peeves me greatly ...
    I have now owned a 2GHz Macbook (running 10.4.7) for about two months. When I go to shut the machine down, (primarily by way of the apple icon in the menu bar) the screen goes black like normal, and the computer appears to shut down normally. However, for some reason, once the lid is closed, the sleep indicator light turns on and pulses as if its sleeping. At this point, however, if the lid is opened and a key is pressed, the computer will not wake back up. The white indicator light will simply turn off and the screen will just sit there—black. At this point, seeing no other viable options, I usually just resort to holding the power button down for about 10 seconds to make sure the computer is off. I then open and close the lid, and, if the light remains off, then I know its fully shut down. When I turn the machine back on, I am greeted with a message that says "the computer was restarted after Mac OS X unexpectedly quit." I always send this report back to apple with a description similar to what I am writing here. After the 5th occurence, I called Apple. They had me reset the PRAM, boot with the install discs and repair the disk. They said they had heard of similar incidents (as I have) but none quite like this.
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    Hi, sydbarrett. Welcome to the Discussions.
    1. You wrote: "ps. I have heard of a possible correlation between this problem and the amount of time one waits before closing the lid after shut down ... They say you have to wait at least 10 seconds before the computer will actually shut down. Well, I wait a good 30 seconds each time, and the problem still remains ..."You are referring to the article "Wait for your Apple notebook to fully shut down before you close the display." The article does not specify a wait time before closing the lid, but states the conditions one should observe indicating that the computer has shut down.
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    2.2. Select language. The Installer window then appears.
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    Unfortunately, if the advice above does not help. I suspect you will need to have the machine serviced. If there is an Apple Retail Store in your area, I'd recommend taking it there. You may wish to call ahead to make an appointment at the Genius Bar.
    MacBooks have had a variety of shutdown-related errors reported, e.g. "MacBook: Shuts down intermittently ." You may want to search the MacBook Dicussion for similar reports.
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