My ibook keeps telling me to shut down

i have an ibook g4 which ive had for about 4 years, and starting just recently a gray screen will pop up telling me to shut down. The screen is gray with a large power button watermark in the background, It says "you need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button". it is then repeated in 3 different languages. Once I have restarted my computer a window pops up saying " the computer was restarted after mac OS X quite unexpectedly, click report to see more details or send a report to apple. If i click on report nothing happens, it only lets me click ok. This happens very frequently and usually when im online, but not all the time.
Is there anything I can do to fix this problem from happening?

Try shutting off Airport and connecting to your router via Ethernet for a while. Does this help?
What you're seeing is a Kernel Panic; these are often caused by hardware issues. With the iBooks, RAM and the Airport card are two of the most common culprits.
~Lyssa

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