Performance Logs and Alerts Service will not start

You could use something like LogWatch. Or even a simple script like this (it's pseudo code you'll need to modify it for your enviroment):

 #!/bin/bash
 GREP_STRING=`grep -c <error string> <acpid log location>`
 if [ $GREP_STRING -ne 0 ] 
 then
    <send email notification>
 fi

Put that in cron to run every hour or so and you should get an email letting you know when it's getting wierd.

It could be a million things from a faulty driver down to hardware problems.

I would say before going any further, the best thing to try would be to go to system properties (right click on computer and click properties) then go to the advanced tab, click startup and recovery and untick the Automatically restart button and choose to keel a kernel memory dump.

Next time this occurs, you should be able to see if the problem is related to memory, hardware or driver based on what it says on the BSOD. If the BSOD does not help, You should have a kernel dump that you can diagnose (if you can be bothered!)

Of course, it is possible that it won't even reach a Blue screen of death, and if this is the case, it most likly means a hardware fault such as power.