MY MAC JUST DID SOMETHING REALLY WEIRD, AND IM A LITTLE WORRIED...

Hi, i left my computer on, its set to sort of, shut the display screen down when im away from it for more than 10 minutes, but not to put itself to sleep or shut down.
However, when i got back from downstairs, about an hour or two later, i looked at my screen and my login window was there with my name and picture, just like i had restarted my mac. But i hadn't. it was as though my mac had restarted itself. I'm a little worried my mac is spazzing out, or am i just being paranoid?

Thank you to all who are trying to help me. I'm sorry that in my aggitated state that I did not explain my situation in more detail. Don't feel that you might insult me.......I am a novice.
I was working on my PowerBook G4, MAC OS X version 10.4.6 1.67 GHz Power PC G4 1 GB DDR SDRAM when I accidently pulled out the power cord from the laptop itself. Immediately the screen flickered to black and then the power went completely off. I was not able to get the laptop to turn on again. When I pushed the battery button all the lights went on showing that the battery was fully charged. I tried starting with the power cord in and then with it removed but nothing.........aboslutely nothing........no sound, no nothing. I could not get the laptop to start up by doing ctrl, apple, power button....or with any other combination of keystrokes. I was trying to insert the DVD to use the disk utility.
I then found info telling me to unplug the power cord, remove the battery, push and hold the start button for 5+ seconds, re-insert the battery and then push the start button. The laptop now springs to life but any time I close the lid or retart it, it again goes dead and won't start again unless I do the things mentioned in this paragraph. I was smart enough this time to burn copies of my projects so I'm not in as much of a panic now. However I do need to fix the laptop from going dead on me everytime I close the lid or restart the machine.
Someone recommended on another forum that I reset the power manager but there is a major warning saying to only do that as a last resort and that I would lose my RAM card or something like that. I'll look up the warning info again and post it here. What are your thoughts on resetting the power manager.
Thanks so much for all your help. It really is so very nice of you.

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