Freezes on startup about once a week...

I have a Mac Pro 2,1 quad 2.66 that freezes on the gray screen with the apple logo about once a week or so. When it crashes the progress wheel appears and starts rotating under the apple logo. After that the the progress wheel will just stop and the machine will just sit there. Sometimes it attempts to restart itself but the same thing will happen. Otherwise, the machine operates perfectly with no other anomalies. Most start-ups are successful. Any thoughts?

This issue can be caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder (defaults\pref) like a file firefox.js that overrides the update URL with a wrong link.
Do a clean reinstall and be sure to remove the Firefox program folder to remove the file(s) that cause the problem.
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 716136 sec
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Anonymous UUID:                    CD4F110D-26F4-4446-9922-CF3807942AFF
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0x270c3f): "vm_object_pager_create(): object size 0x10002d000 >= 4GB\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/osfmk/vm/vm_object.c:4105
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0x5ba5bf08 : 0x270c3f (0x5967c0 0x2d000 0x1 0x1)
0x5ba5bf68 : 0x27614e (0x12e68970 0x0 0x0 0x1)
0x5ba5bfc8 : 0x2a179c (0x8498e0 0x0 0x10 0x80b5484)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
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10K549
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Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 188230695621855
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          2.0 (addr 0x55a10000, size 0x12288) - last unloaded 106846518278
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.3d0 - last loaded 30303828021
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.57
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.20
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile          17
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.GeForce          6.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.0.46
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2          3.2.1b1
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          428.42.4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          303.8
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          1.6.4
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.2.4
com.apple.BootCache          31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox          1
com.apple.security.quarantine          0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          142.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction          17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction          14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction          10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction          20
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          2.4.5f3
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com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc2
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com.apple.NVDAResman          6.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.0.5f14
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          320.1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          4.7.0a1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          1.10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.0d5
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily          41
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse          162
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse          162
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          141.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          2.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.9.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          402.1
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          289.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.3.0
Model: iMac8,1, BootROM IM81.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.30f1
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST3500418ASQ, 465.76 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-875
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfa400000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0304, 0xfa410000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0220, 0xfa420000 / 3
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000 / 3
USB Device: d2 Quadra v3, 0x059f (LaCie), 0x104c, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x820f, 0x1a110000 / 3

See
Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
Resolving Kernel Panics,
How to troubleshoot a kernel panic, and
Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics for more details.

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