Menu bar dissappears, regularly, and I must manuallyiireboot to get it back

I have an intel imac 24" running Snow Leopard 10.6.5
It is pretty much always on, either running but usually is in sleep mode.
After the system's been running for awhile the MENU BAR completely disappears.
The only way to restore the MENU is to shut down the system using the power button on the back of my machine. I install updates as soon as they're available, so I should be up to date The system's s/n is W87**EZCV boot rom is: IM71.007A.B03
Is anyone aware of what could be causing the Menu bar to simply go away ?
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Hi,
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5141532
This may help.
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