Database Error Error Number 2006

[Mum]

Getting an error on my site www.mummybrain.com - admin panel works fine, but the main forum doesn't. Can anyone help please?

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT noticeid
FROM vBnoticedismissed AS noticedismissed
WHERE noticedismissed.userid = 1;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Tuesday, April 28th 2009 @ 01:30:10 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, April 28th 2009 @ 01:31:10 AM
Script : http://www.mummybrain.com/forumdisplay.php?f=95&order=desc&page=2
Referrer : http://www.mummybrain.com/forumdisplay.php?f=95
IP Address : 203.211.104.112
Username : Kirsty
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[Dismounted]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/troubleshoot_mysql_goneaway" target="_blank">Lost connection to MySQL server during query </a>

[Mum]

I have checked that. Godaddy say that it's not their problem - it's the software. How can i make this less server intensive? It has been working fine for months - and nothing has changed and now it's not working :(

[Lynne]

I was just able to get onto your site, which is currently closed, but it took a LONG time! So, something is going on that causes it to take a long time to load. You may want to disable any modifications that are server intensive while you figure out what the current problem is.

[Mum]

I disabled ALL mods that i had - but that hasn't changed anything. I am with GoDaddy - but have now purchased an account at Hostgator - here's hoping that helps.

[wolfstream]

This is most defintely a godaddy thing, not a software thing. If you are getting "timeouts", then this is a server side thing, not a software side thing.