Video Went Blank - Caused by iPod???

Hello
Ok here's my problem.... I turned on my Mac earlier today and after plugging in my iPod I had walked away to get something and when I came back the screen was blank. BUT I couldn't get the video back, I pushed the mouse button, keyboard and nothing. I was able to get the sounds when I pushed the sound buttons on the keyboard but the screen stayed blank. Now, maybe this is where I goofed, I don't know, anyway, I got desperate so I turned it off, waited a little bit and turned it back on. I got the start up sound but still no video. I unplugged my iPod and the screen popped up with the start up apple screen. Now, my iPod never did connect to the Mac, I use a dock and sometimes the iPod doesn't connect; if I push it in a little bit then it will connect and act normal. After logging in again, I noticed one of my external drives didn't connect (it didn't even show up in disk utility) so I turned off the drive that wasn't showing up and it complained that the other drive had been disconnected. (?) When I turned it back on, both drives showed up on the desktop and now everything appears to be working normal.
My question: What happened and should I be worried about this?
specs:
eMac G4 800MgHz
1GB RAM
160GB internal (upgraded)
2 Firewire external drives - 40GB (old one from inside) and 120GB
OS X 10.3.9
iTunes 7.5
could the drive problem be caused by the firewire chain? I have my superdrive plugged into a hard drive which is plugged into the other external HD which is plugged into the Mac. I have this setup because I don't have enough ports for the 3 HDs and my iPod. I found out the hard way that iPods don't like to be in Firewire chains.
later
Music Luver
"+I hear her playing music+..." ~ Barry Manilow

hi Larry!
"when in doubt, check to see if you've got Easy CD Creator 5 installed on your beast":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310628/
(James Bond 007 has additional info on the matter in one of his recent posts.)
but if that doesn't seem to be the problem, could you let us know which BSOD number and message you're getting? Here's a reference ... doesn't have all of them, but it's a good place to start looking:
http://kadaitcha.cx/stop_err.html
good luck! keep us posted.
love, b

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