10.6.8 freezes periodically on MBP 3,1

Dear all, I am hoping someone could shed some light on an issue that I've been having for the past two days...
To start, this is my system spec:
-MacBook Pro 3,1 - 2,2GHz C2D, 4GB RAM (upgraded 3 months ago), 64GB SSD (Crucial M4 - upgraded 1+ year ago), 6-month-old NewerTech replacement battery
-OS X 10.6.8, up-to-date software updates
The problem is the following:
Since about 2 days ago, I've been experiencing periodic freezes. They come in a variety of forms, but fit into two categories - (a) a complete freeze, where nothing is occurring (not even the beach ball is spinning), or (b) a "partial" freeze, where everything except for the Safari windows that I have open freezes - I can use those normally for a while more, even move between them, before even they become unresponsive after a few minutes. In both, the fans start to spool-up after about a minute.
I considered all the changes to the system that I had done in the past days, and all I could think of was the installation of the GarminCommunicator plug-in for Safari (where the installation did not work, or rather, it worked, but the element was not recognized), which I subsequently removed completely (from the Library/Internet Plug-ins folder), as per Garmin's instructions. The other idea was that it could be malware, but a deep scan of the system with ClamX antivirus showed nothing.
After the freeze happened the first time (after closing VLC with an mkv file still playing), I kept the Activity Monitor open, and watched it as a later crash happened, and there seemed to be no unusual behaviour - no task taking up a significant amount of CPU to warrant the spooling-up of the fan.
This all comes after the weeks before (at least 3) I've had some issues with the battery, where the charge would not show in the taskbar, there would only be an X in the battery, despite it being charged, and working as usual (plug-in, charge, battery life as expected, etc.). After contacting NewerTech I did a reset of the SMC, which did the trick. I mention this only because it was the only other issue that I had with the computer in the past 2 years since my HDD failed.
Thanks for your attention!

Hi Ogelthorpe
I see that some Apple Hardware test files include a list of codes, and since that isn't part of a confidential Apple service document, there seems no reason that the lists can't be shared .
Here's an example list, from an F42388C8 test. Look for an Fnumber.tdf file on any other machines.
{"ALSL","Photometer (ALSL) - Light Sensor"}, {"TA0P","Temp (TA0P) - Ambient air temperature sensor"}, {"TALP","Temp (TALP) - Ambient air temperature sensor"}, {"TB0T","Temp (TB0T) - Battery temperature"}, {"TCAH","Temp (TCAH) - CPU-A heatsink temperature"}, {"TCBH","Temp (TCBH) - CPU-B heatsink temperature"}, {"TC0C","Temp (TC0C) - CPU-A Die 1 Temp offset"}, {"TC1C","Temp (TC1C) - CPU-A Die 2 Temp offset"}, {"TC2C","Temp (TC2C) - CPU-B Die 1 Temp offset"}, {"TC3C","Temp (TC3C) - CPU-B Die 2 Temp offset"}, {"TC0D","Temp (TC0D) - CPU0 Die Temp"}, {"TC0H","Temp (TC0H) - CPU Heat-sync"}, {"TCOH","Temp (TCOH) - CPU Heat-sync"}, {"TC0P","Temp (TC0P) - CPU VR area"}, {"TC1P","Temp (TC1P) - CPU1 Temp Proximity or alt. 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{"Ie2S","Current (Ie2S) - PCIe Slot 2 +12V Current"}; {"Ie3S","Current (Ie3S) - PCIe Slot 3 +12V Current"}; {"Ie4S","Current (Ie4S) - PCIe Slot 4 +12V Current"}; {"IeAS","Current (IeAS) - PCIe Slot Boost 1 +12V Current"}, {"IeBS","Current (IeBS) - PCIe Slot Boost 2 +12V Current"}, {"IF0C","Current (IF0C) - FWire I-Sense"}, {"IF0c","Current (IF0c) - FWire I-Sense"}, {"IF0R","Current (IF0R) - FWire I-Sense"}, {"IG0C","Current (IG0C) - GPU0 I-Sense"}, {"IG0c","Current (IG0c) - GPU0 I-Sense"}, {"IMAS","Current (IMAS) - FBDIMM Riser A 12V supply current"}, {"IMBS","Current (IMBS) - FBDIMM Riser B 12V supply current"}, {"IM0R","Current (IM0R) - Memory I-Sense"}, {"IM0r","Current (IM0r) - Memory I-Sense"}, {"IN0C","Current (IN0C) - MCH core current 0 - Supply input"}, {"IN1C","Current (IN1C) - MCH core current 1"}, {"IN0c","Current (IN0c) - NorthBridge I-Sense"}, {"IN0R","Current (IN0R) - NorthBridge I-Sense 1"}, {"IN1R","Current (IN1R) - NorthBridge I-Sense 2"}, {"Ip0C","Current (Ip0C) - PSMI supply AC/DC total output current, +12V rail"}, {"IP0R","Current (IP0R) - PBus I-Sense"}, {"IP1R","Current (IP1R) - PBusA I-Sense"}, {"PC0C","Power (PC0C) - CPU Core Power"}, {"PD0R","Power (PD0R) - DC-In Rail Power"}, {"PF0R","Power (PF0R) - 1394 Rail Power"}, {"PG0C","Power (PG0C) - GPU Core Power"}, {"PM0R","Power (PM0R) - Memory Rail Power"}, {"PN0R","Power (PN0R) - NorthBridge Rail Power"}, {"PP0R","Power (PP0R) - P Buss Rail Power"}, {"PP1R","Power Sensor - P Buss A Rail Power"}, {"MSC0","CalibrationKeys (MSC0) - Calibration Key 0 - CPU"}, {"MSC1","CalibrationKeys (MSC1) - Calibration Key 1 - GPU "}, {"MSC2","CalibrationKeys (MSC2) - Calibration Key 2 - Memory "}, {"MSC3","CalibrationKeys (MSC3) - Calibration Key 3 - NB"}, {"MO_X","Accelerometer (MO_X) - Motion Sensor"},

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Express Card Slot - freezes up my MBP when connected and it goes to sleep

When I have my express aircard in the slot - whether it is connected to the Internet or not - and I try to put it in sleep mode or it automatically goes to sleep mode, it completely freezes my computer and I have to force quit in order to use my computer again. If I take the card out before putting it into sleep mode there are no issues; however, I don't always remember to do so. Anyone else having this issue?

" ... Anyone else having this issue?"
Sort of. Not duplicable: I can tie the MBP into knots by simultaneous d/ls on like 3 open browsers with multiple tabs too. When I don't get a freeze in my browsers, or in my AT&T GlobeTrotter Connect app, I can leave it inserted and close the lid for sleep (which disconnects the modem anyway), and wake normally (but disconnected). I usually try to remember to take out the aircard before sleep; since it does protrude, and might get bumped!
When you say: " ... it completely freezes my computer and I have to force quit in order to use my computer again ..." I'm not thinking that having to just force quit your aircard app is a total freeze. Try getting the Grey curtain of Death, for that! But I know what you mean. I have that same light freeze, and must apple-option-escape three finger salute, force quit the aircard app, just to get the Finder to work. Then I must double-restart with PRAM upchuck for luck, to be able to launch the aircard app again, else it just sits there and locks up again ... And it usually takes me like three tries to connect, at busier times of the day. I am grateful to have the aircard, since it is my only access, due to extreme rural-ness. Kinda like Alaska, only warmer?
You got AT&T or Verizon? My only reception is AT&T, and luckily I got the Option GTMax Express aircard, instead of the Novotel USB dongle. The Option Express 34 has the port for an external antenna, which I need, and used to need even for voice cell phone ... and the USB dongle does not have that port. The little flip-up antennas on either do not give much gain yah. Fine for city life ...
Reception gets better as more towers are built, but that comes with population growth usually. Speed improves as Edge gets upgraded to GSM ... soon? I am getting like 16K d/l when lucky, on Edge only ... My AT&T took $25 M from NipponTel this year to upgrade to GSM, so NT can soak the Asian tourists here on vacation with roaming, etc. They are used to very high speeds d/l and were dying with Edge only ...

Intermittent random freezing (mid 2012 MBP)

For the past year or so my Macbook Pro (mid 2012) has suffered from random freezes which require a hard reset.
Often these will occur only roughly once a week, but in the last couple of days (incidently since updating to 10.9.3, although such bursts have occured in the past and then settled down) it has been happening 4 to 5 times a day, getting to the point of being seriously disruptive.
I have, over the past few months, made several attempts to find the cause in vain. I am an experienced Mac user with a good understanding of computers, and I've never found a problem so mysterious to me. I'll break down first the symptoms and then what I have done to tye and find the cause.
Symptoms: Normally I will first notice that web pages aren't loading, but I can switch apps without problem. However, if I try and close an app or open another, that app then starts to hang. Progressively, everything starts to hang and I can no longer even switch apps, and everything gives me a spinning beachball. Eventually, even sound/music cuts out. Only a hard reset (holding down the power key) saves it.
Diagnosis: I have run all types of hardware checks, from apple's built in tests (fsck), RAM tests such as memtest, and third party testing suites which have checked the HD, RAM, CPU, GPU etc. All of them have come back 100% clean. I have repaired permissions, which also has no effect.
This made me think it could be a software issue. However, the crashes display no discernable pattern, and are completely (as far as I can see) un-reproducible. They have occured while I have been using a wide range of apps, and don't seem to be triggered by any particular action; e.g. they can occur while I am blankly reading a webpage or a pdf document. Further, the console shows absolutely nothing. The log messages appear completely normal, sometimes there are even no messages corresponding to within several minutes of the crash.
I haven't been able to verify if it is restricted to my user name, since generally the crashes are so intermittent I would have to use another username for several days, if not weeks, to really check this - something than is not practical given that I need the laptop to work on.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing the issue, or anything further I could try to diagnose it? I am reluctant to take it to an applestore, as it is out of warranty and I can't think of any tests they could try that I have not.

OGELTHORPE wrote:
Alastair Abbott wrote:
I am reluctant to take it to an applestore, as it is out of warranty and I can't think of any tests they could try that I have not.
An Apple store genius bar appointment and evaluation is for FREE! You have no idea what type of tests they may have, so make an appointment.
Thanks for pointing that out. Until very recently I lived in a country where there are no Apple stores nor Genius bars, so I wasn't aware of that.
I've tried safe boot, but as I said the problem is intermittent enough that it's not clear if it helps, and working continuously in safe boot to see isn't really an option.
No - there are no kernel panics, just the unexplained freezes.
Here is my etrecheck report:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          6 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:26:37
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (38.52 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Kernel Extensions:
          [not loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3876 - SDK 10.8) Support
          [kext loaded] com.sophos.kext.sav (9.0.3 - SDK 10.7) Support
          [kext loaded] com.sophos.nke.swi (9.0.3 - SDK 10.8) Support
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [running] com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.paragon.ntfs11.refresh.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.configuration.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.notification.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.scan.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.sxld.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.webd.plist Support
          [not loaded] org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist Support
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
          [loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist Support
          [running] com.sophos.uiserver.plist Support
          [not loaded] org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist Support
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [failed] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist Support
          [running] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist Support
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          TotalTerminal
          Dropbox
          SpiderOak
          AdobeResourceSynchronizer
          Google Chrome
          EvernoteHelper
Internet Plug-ins:
          SpeedDownload Browser Plugin: Version: 2.1.5 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.2.1f4 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
          AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4055068 Support
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          Omnikey: Version: 1.0.9
          Searchme: Version: 1.3
          1Password: Version: 4.1.0
          AdBlock: Version: 2.6.18
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          RealPlayer Plugin: Version: Unknown
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
          Flip4Mac WMV Support
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
          Java Support
          Perian Support
          TeXDistPrefPane Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 429.09 GB
          Destinations:
                    Macbook Backup [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 465.14 GB
                    Total number of backups: 23
                    Oldest backup: 2013-05-12 21:27:14 +0000
                    Last backup: 2014-05-17 11:23:10 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 465.14 GB < (Disk used 429.09 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          mds_stores
               0%          Google Chrome
               0%          fontd
               0%          mds
Top Processes by Memory:
          184 MB          mds_stores
          166 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          154 MB          InterCheck
          147 MB          SophosScanD
          135 MB          Google Chrome
Virtual Memory Information:
          308 MB          Free RAM
          2.66 GB          Active RAM
          2.36 GB          Inactive RAM
          686 MB          Wired RAM
          574 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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