X301 graphics scramble and can't launch power manager

some times at boot after I get to the logon page I use the finger print reader the graphics scrabbles and I have to hard boot the x301 to get it to work again. I have a feeling that this has to do something with the finger printer reader. Anyone else having this problem.
Also with the newest update of the power manger I can not get into it anymore as "Power manager has stopped working" is the error message I recieved. Otherwise as far as power management goes it seems to work correctly. Anyone else with this problem?

Here are the video's
sorry they are kind of long.
Video1 shows a cold boot then is reboots on it's own then goes to the Bios screen then boots again. Ofcourse I have to press continue to tell vista that the computer rebooted without a normal shutdown. I do this pretty much every morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMLeUkfmuQ8
Video2 starts with the scramble you have to hard boot by holding down the power button.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsps3q_pXkk
Video3 starts with a bad graphics scramble, that happened right after I turned the camera off on video2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvUiIK9_PBM

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