Joomla Installs and ISPCP Restart

[viperiii]

Each time I reset the server any of my joomla sites have issues on the first load...

I get an Internal server error 500 message the default ISPCP error message for 500 errors.

Actually it seems that it is just a php problem...
did it on this page as well
cogs4x4.ods.org/web/info.php

Then just like clockwork a refresh makes it work no problem

Hopefully just an issue with php.ini or php version... can step it back to another version I guess... just have to know how to do that..

RC6 - Current Version
running on Etch
with php5 and mysql 5