HT1338 MacMini Refuses to shut down

Have a 2.4 Gh Intel Core Do MacMini, Upgraded to Mountain Lion and it has been unstable ever since.Won't shut down, intermittant crashes, crashes on shut down and restarts.
I did a complete clean install from a USB, made no difference, any ideas?i

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  42957 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          7
Anonymous UUID:                    0EC48A8A-F544-4884-B311-DC124DB0AC71
Sun Sep  9 21:15:35 2012
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800a4b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800a4c3dd0, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80f1bd7980, CR3: 0x000000000d0c8000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff80d5e47100, RBX: 0x0000000000010000, RCX: 0x0000000000000040, RDX: 0x0000000000000040
RSP: 0xffffff81070fbea0, RBP: 0xffffff81070fbf20, RSI: 0x0000000000000040, RDI: 0xffffff80f1bd7980
R8:  0x0000000000010000, R9:  0x00000000000000ff, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000040
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff800a936430
RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff800a4c3dd0, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff80f1bd7980, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81070fbb40 : 0xffffff800a41d5f6
0xffffff81070fbbb0 : 0xffffff800a4b7b95
0xffffff81070fbd80 : 0xffffff800a4ce4ad
0xffffff81070fbda0 : 0xffffff800a4c3dd0
0xffffff81070fbf20 : 0xffffff800a4c4135
0xffffff81070fbf60 : 0xffffff800a43dcae
0xffffff81070fbfb0 : 0xffffff800a4b2677
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12B19
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3005059E-270B-3B9F-940D-7A66C05DDC9D
Kernel slide:     0x000000000a200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800a400000
System model name: Macmini4,1 (Mac-F2208EC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 197137912851
last loaded kext at 142146041314: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f8c6d3000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 138206433523: com.apple.driver.AppleMCP89RootPortPM          1.11 (addr 0xffffff7f8c2e7000, size 24576)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs          10.0
com.apple.nke.asp_tcp          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.5d4
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.5
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          601.15.21
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.5b3
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.security.SecureRemotePassword          1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d11
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.9.0f4
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc9
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: Macmini4,1, BootROM MM41.0042.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.65f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.21)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF, 320,07 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-STDVDRW  GA32N
USB Device: Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v5.0, 0x045e  (Microsoft Corporation), 0x074f, 0x04400000 / 2
USB Device: Bel Canto 2496 USB, 0x1c07, 0x0102, 0x06200000 / 4
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06600000 / 3
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0x06630000 / 6
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x06500000 / 2

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    (Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
    Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
    If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
    If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
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