computer dead; help!

[Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

just got back to my room, and found my computer happily sleeping and
xscreensaving.  moved the mouse, clicked over a few desktops, and the
screen goes off, totally black, as if it had lost power.  all
connections and cables still fine.  of course i should have tried to
ssh in from somewhere else at this point, but i turned it off before i
thought to.  back on, i can't even ping it, and i have no idea what
just happened.  help??

thanks a lot,

</nori>

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