IMac freezes on gray screen w/ logo & wheel ... help!

Hey there guys. I was capturing footage in FCP today to an external Lacie and the comp froze. Hard restarted, but now comp won't boot past the grey apple screen. The wheel does come up, but freezes after 1 or 2 rotations. Resetting PRAM does nothing. Computer will start, shut down, restart, copy/delete files totally fine in safe mode, so it doesn't seem like a mount/HD issue. In safe mode, using disk utility to verify, no errors found. However, on restart after safe mode, problem reoccurs. I've installed no recent hardware or software. I don't have any startup programs that I know of. Is there some file somewhere I should be deleting that's causing this problem? Thanks!
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Edit: It's a 1 TB drive w/80GB remaining, 3.06 Ghz, 4GB DDR3 ram. Message was edited by: mwaltz

HI and welcome to Apple Discussions...
Boot back into Safe Mode and check for available disk space.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.
In Safe Mode check for Login Items. Open System Preferences/Accounts then select the Login Items tab. Delete any files or apps you have listed there. And go to /Library/Startup Items. Move any files in the Startup Items folder to the Trash.
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file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.PCIELaneConfigTool.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-daily.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-monthly.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.platform.ptmd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.portmap.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.preferences.timezone.adm intool.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.preferences.timezone.aut o.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.printtool.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.proxyhelper.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.racoon.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeP roxy.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ReportCrash.Root.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.RFBEventHelper.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.RFBRegisterMDNS_RemoteMa nagement.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.RFBRegisterMDNS_ScreenSh aring.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.sandboxd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.SCHelper.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.scsid.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.securityd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.securityproxy_mail.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.service_helper.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smb.server.preferences.p list
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smb.sharepoints.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbfs_load_kext.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.spindump_symbolicator.pl ist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.spindump.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.stackshot.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.statd.notify.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.storereceiptinstaller.pl ist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.suhelperd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.systemkeychain.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.systempreferences.instal ler.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.SystemStarter.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.TrustEvaluationAgent.sys tem.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.usbmuxd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.UserNotificationCenter.p list
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.uucp.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.var-db-dslocal-backup.pl ist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.var-db-shadow-backup.pli st
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.vsdbutil.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.warmd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.webdavfs_load_kext.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.WindowServer.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xgridagentd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xgridcontrollerd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.danga.memcached.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vix.cron.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/comsat.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.mit.Kerberos.kadmind.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.mit.Kerberos.krb5kdc.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/exec.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/finger.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/login.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/nmbd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ntalk.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.amavis.amavisd_cleanup.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.amavis.amavisd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cups-lpd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.samba.winbindd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.x.privileged_startx.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/shell.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/smbd.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/telnet.plist
file://localhost/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist
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Last login: Mon Mar 19 15:06:32 on console
xxxx:~ xxxx$ kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 $7 } '
tc.tctechnologies.driver.PaeFireStudio(3.5.6
com.Apogee.driver.DuetFWOverideDriver(1.4.4)
com.Logitech.ControlCenter.HID
xxxx:~ xxxx$

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