IPhoto crashes on zooming photo in full screen

When i blow up a 5 megapixel picture to full size, and drag the navigation window around for a few seconds, iPhoto crashes (always) after showing some display corruption ( horizontal streaked lines (never vertical))and sometimes OSX itself crashes (4 language death). I observed another type of display graphics corruption while using Google Earth. There are yellow (or blue) squares formed and juxtaposed at various locations on the google earth window when the software tries to Fly To some location (Graphics intensive process).
Since my macbook pro is refurbished, i thought it might be a hardware issue:
To check for hardware issues:
I did the 'hardware test' using the Install disc 1 and booting with it with "c" pressed. The test concluded that hardware was OK.
To check for software glitches arising from 3rd party software:
I reinstalled a fresh OSX, and only the bundled software, including iPhoto. It still crashed. Then i updated all the software through Software Update in the apple menu. Still iPhoto crashes.
Can you give any comments/suggestions on what is the likely cause?
Cheers,
faisal
MacBook Pro 2.16, 2GB, 125MB vid ram   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

faisal:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. That type of crash is a kernel panic. I suggest you launch Disk Utility and verify the disk. If you get a red warning that it couldn't be verified, then there's some basic damage to the directory files. You'll have to boot into the system install disk that came with the MBP and in the first window after the language selection window, go to the Utilities menu and launch Disk Utility. There do a Disk Repair. Then reboot back into your boot drive.
Once rebooted delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, from your User/Library/Preferences folder. Then try iPhoto again.
Do you Twango?
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    This sounds like you have a damaged database file.
    Try these in order - from best option on down...
    1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
    2. Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
    3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
    To create and populate a new library:
    Note this will give you a working library with the same Rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
    Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
    Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
    Go into the iPhoto Library on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Roll Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
    When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
    In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.
    Regards
    TD

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