Powerbook Requires Restart Often

My 15" powerbook has been having problems for about a month. When I start it up, the screen freezes and has a message to hold down the power button for several seconds to shut down and restart my computer. Then, if I wake it up from sleeping or start it the first time in the morning, the mouse gets stuck and will hardly move. I have to then shut off my computer and restart it. Then the mouse works fine.
I don't have apple care and the powerbook is about 1 1/2 yrs. old. I don't have a lot saved on it--just photos and music. No big files.
Any suggestions would help. I did try to clear out the PRAM, following instructions from another person having another problem. That slowed down the frequency of required "restarts" but it hasn't solved it.
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.3.9) 15" display

Peppermintgirl, Welcome to the discussions,
You might want to look through Gullivers link and see if it helps you sort out your problem...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607293
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