Imac freezes up but mouse still works

I've got an imac with Snow Leopard on it. It has started to freeze up quite a bit, maybe once every two days. There are four profiles on the computer and it happens to them all. I have reparied permissions in each profile and run the Hardware test both standard and extended and it returned zero problems. I've reset the PRAM and NVRAM. When it freezes up the only thing that still works is the mouse. It moves the pointer but clicking doesn't do anything. Trying to force quit applications doesn't do anything. I tried unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in, thinking maybe it wasn't really freezing but just a bad keyboard but that didn't do anything--and neither does rightclicking on anything.
What else can I try? I'd be willing to post a log file if someone would tell me the right one to post.

Disconnect all unneeded peripherals (firewire, usb).
Try smc and pram reset.
Next boot from you installer dvd or lion recovery partition (you didn't specify what OS you are using) or an external bootable backup and try to verify/repair your drive(s) with Disk Utility (not repair permissions -- it's a waste of time and doesn't repair anything in your login accounts anyhow).
Boot in safe mode to see if there are still problems. If not reboot normally.

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So my PC keeps crashing, sometimes when I turn it on straight away, sometimes after a few minutes, very rarely it doesn't crash.
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In other apps the PC totally crashes when I click something.
I've tried drivers, firmware updates, it's definitely not overheating. Just cannot work out what the issue is.
I've got an SSD but not had any issues from it but i'm worried it could be this or the motherboard.
The red light on the front of my PC that flashes when my PC is working just goes solid red when it crashes, and the only fix then is a hard reboot. Very frustrating, especially if i'm in the middle of something.
Anyone got any ideas or ways I can test what the issue is?
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Edit to say i'm on Windows 7.
Edit again to say i've done Chkdsk on my SSD and it seemed OK...

NCN
After the above
I would update the SSD firmware and run windows performance recorder (if you can when you are having the problem) and it does run in win 7.
In order to diagnose your problem you will need to download and install the below
Install the WPT (Windows Performance Toolkit)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652
Help with installation (if needed) is here
When you have, open an elevated command prompt and type the following
WPRUI.exe (which is the windows performance recorder) and check off the boxes for the following:
First level triage (if available), CPU usage, Disk IO.
If your problem is not CPU or HD then check off the relevant box/s as well (for example networking or registry) Please configure yours as per the below snip
Click Start
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Zip the file and upload to us on Onedrive (or any file sharing service) and give us a link to it in your next post.
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
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Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
{ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'; crontab -l 2> /dev/null; } | open -f -a TextEdit
Step 4
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Step 5
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