MAJOR HASSLES WITH MY iMac G5

I have just handed my old iMac G5 to my wife after having purchased myself a new iMac. I've used Macs for 20+ years and the problem she's now having with my old iMac is the very first time I've encountered any hassles at all with Macs.
I am having major issues even booting the iMac. On the rare occasions it gets passed the Apple icon it now encounters a gray screen telling me to restart. And several times it will post a message eg:
System Failure: cpu=0; code=00000009 (Invalid pmap)
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3661d000)
PC=0x000A7FD0; MSR=0x02003000; DAR=0xFFFC521; DSIR=0x00200000; LR=0x000A7F4C; R1=0xFC008091; XCP=0x00000098 (System Failure)
backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0xFC008091
and it goes on for quite a few more lines.
Can anyone suggest a plan of action? Offer ideas as to what is suddenly going on?

Hey there.
I know I should probably post elsewhere, however, I'm short on time for a project. I've got my 17" G4 powerbook. Lately, I've been getting the dreaded black "you must restart your computer..." screen. I changed the HD several months ago, and have had no problems. Would formatting the drive to anything? I ran Disc utilities from the install disc, same deal. I tried to do the software upgrades to see if that might be something, but it goes to the black screen to quick. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help, and sorry for short stepping. Thanks, Rich

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