Can using a Macbook Pro Drive in a Mac Pro cause kernel panic?

Is there any inherent problem/conflict with running a Mac Pro off an OSX drive that was used, for a Macbook Pro? Is there MP firmware installed that is incompatible with a MBP drive?
The drive is a 2.5" duplicate of my MBP that was created not by installation, but by clone, (SuperDuper), that I have booted from, and used before, as a backup for my MBP.
In as brief as possible...
On Nov. 1, my MBP's fans started making horrible noises. I made a genius appt for the afternoon, and I backed up my MBP external clone and brought the Macbook Pro in to Apple. They kept if for repair, (3-5 days.)
I also have a Mac Pro, which is exclusively a workstation machine. I do not use it for personal purposes. That's what the MBP is for. But meanwhile I have personal purposes to attend to, so I was planning to use the MBP clone as a startup disk on the MP.
Rather than use the MBP clone as a startup disk through fw800, I had the bright idea of plugging the clone into the MP drive bay directly.
The first time I booted, I was not connected to the internet, (both MP and MBP use the same Airport Extreme.) My network, nor any other, were visible in the airport menu (bar), and from that pulldown I tried to toggle airport off, and it was unresponsive. I went into Sys Pref Network, and instantly a pop up announced a new network interface was detected, (called Airport 2), and when I hit apply suddenly I was connected again to the network and the internet.
I was downloading some large files overnight, went tot sleep late, and all was good. That was until morning, when I discovered the kernel panic screen. I rebooted in single user, ran fsck twice, (first time the sys was modified), rebooted and was back up again.
All was good until tonight, when downloading again, I had another kernel panic, second in 14 hours.
I restarted again in Single User, ran fsck twice, same as before, and am back up and running again.
I would have called Apple support, but they were already closed. I will call them in the morning.
Is there any long term damage to my machine that can be cause by these kernel panics?
I have had kernel panics before, but not in the last three years.
Thanks in advance. I appreciate the help. This problem may be above most of our "pay grades," so I will understand if there are no responses at all. ( I usually have problems that get no responses, because I know how to fix all the little stuff!)
Also, if you need me to post logs from Console, let me know.
Best,
Richard

It comes down to two issues:
1) whether the image on that disk was created from a set of MacBook-specific DVDs, such as the ones that shipped with with the MacBook when new. If so, it does not have the required Drivers for certain Mac Pro Hardware.
2) whether your Mac Pro was shipped with a System later than the one for the MacBook Pro. If so, it does not have some of the Updates for Mac Pro Hardware.
No one has the patience to debug such an Installation unless and until you can demonstrate that the System you are running is the correct one for the Mac Pro you are running it on.

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