IMac screen locks-up

I have a 27 inch iMac Mid 2010 (iMac 11,3) 16GB RAM (Kingston, installed after purchase) currently running OS X 10.7.4. Came with OS X 10.6. Apple Care until Dec 29, 2013.
Since the beginning I have experienced the screen freezing, but still able to move the mouse/cursor.
Originally the problem occurred once every three to four weeks. I phoned Apple Care a couple of times in the first three months, but because it was so infrequent, and I couldn't note anything specific prior to the freezing occurring, I got nowhere with a solution from Apple. I did decide to take out the 3 year Apple Care extended warranty.
As time has gone on, the freeze-ups have become more frequent. Can't recall specifically if it got more frequent after installing Lion.
The problem is much worse if the computer is cold, ie. if I turn it off. When cold, I basically have to let it freeze up and then let it sit until it gets hot. The switch off and start it again.
Sometimes I get weird graphics effects on start-up when I have the problem, such as a pattern of tiny blue squares about 1/8" square in horizontal line across the screen. Sometimes the dock will be scrambled graphics, seeing parts of the icons all on top of each other across the dock area. This is what happend one time just before it froze. This is also how the dock will appear once in a while.
If iTunes is playing music or a radio station when the problem occurs, it continues playing fine.
I can still print a document from my MacBook through the iMac with the screen frozen.
Today I was on Skype having a conversation and suddenly realized the screen was frozen. We were able to carry on talking to each other.
I can access files on the iMac or attached external USB drive using my MacBook.
I have never had the problem while running in 'Safe Mode'.
I have tried the following resolutions:
• Reset the PRAM when restarting the computer. Seems to extend MTBF. If I don't do a PRAM reset the problem will sometimes recur immediately.
• I have done an SMC (System Managements Controller) reset with no noticeable results.
• I installed and ran smcFan Control and upped the fan speeds. No difference.
• I have emptied all cache files (as directed by an Apple Care rep) and deleted all start-up programs. No change.
• I set up another User to see if problem occurred with the test user. No difference.
• I have run 'Verify Disk' and 'Repair Disk' as well as 'Verify Disk Permissions and 'Repair Disk Permissions' more times than I can remember, including with an Apple Care rep on the phone.
• I took the iMac to the Apple Store Genius Bar and they plugged in a drive and ran a hardware test (not the AHT, something else) which showed the RAM was faulty. It just showed a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark beside 'Memory'. Everything else tested fine. I asked the 'Genius' if it could determine if it was a particular bank of RAM. He said he didn't think so, but clicked on the yellow icon which opened to illustrate the four banks of RAM all shaded yellow.
• I came home and pulled the RAM and reinstalled the 2 x 2GB original Samsung RAM. Out of curiosity, I took Disk 2 which came with the computer and ran the AHT and it showed the RAM fine. Then I pulled the Samsung RAM and reinstalled 1 x 4GB bank of Kingston RAM and ran the AHT. It said the RAM was fine. I ran the AHT for each 4GB bank of RAM in both slot '0' and slot '1'. Took me several hours. All AHT test results said the RAM was fine.
• I then reinstalled the 2 x 2GB original Samsung RAM and went to work. The desktop froze within about 10 minutes. I reset the PRAM and it lasted a couple of hours. Then about a day.
Apple Care says wipe the drive and reinstall OS X. I'm somehow not convinced, but will probably be my next step. I hate wasting hours reinstalling everything. I will make a clone backup, and if nothing changes after reinstalling OS, I'll wipe the drive again and copy the clone back over.
Any other suggestions? Have I missed trying something, before I wipe the drive?

open console in Applications>Utilities, check the system log for the date/time of the last problem for clues.

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2009-05-17 20:43:48 -0700: Reading permissions database.
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2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Music.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Photos.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:48:27 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Podcasts.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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2009-05-17 20:49:20 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/BlackAndWhiteEffect.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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2009-05-17 20:49:20 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/DissolveTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-17 20:49:20 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/DropletTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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2009-05-17 20:49:20 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/PushTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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2009-05-17 20:49:34 -0700:
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 11499 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 37F9782C-1834-4679-95A4-23275EC4F1AC
Sat May 23 09:20:48 2009
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00C37442): "AppleAHCI: slot (0) reused, newFIS = 0xaaef8027 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000, currentFIS = 0xaaef8027 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000, PxCl = 0x00000001, PxSact = 0x00000000\n"@/SourceCache/AppleAHCI/AppleAHCI-160.1.4/AppleAHCIPort.cpp:2502
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5b1cbcd8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45ec20 0x5b1cbd0c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x5b1cbd28 : 0xc37442 (0xc3a8ac 0x0 0xaaef8027 0x0)
0x5b1cbda8 : 0x4268e5 (0x6c16600 0x6c15980 0x0 0x0)
0x5b1cbdf8 : 0xc384a4 (0x6c1ac80 0xc370bc 0x6c15980 0x0)
0x5b1cbe68 : 0xc2e5ef (0x6c16600 0x6c15980 0x5b1cbe98 0x4289fb)
0x5b1cbea8 : 0xc2efea (0x6c16600 0x6c15980 0x5b1cbed8 0xd64461)
0x5b1cbed8 : 0xd5e56f (0x6c1ec00 0x6c85180 0x0 0x3f0864)
0x5b1cbf18 : 0xd5ec4e (0x6be5700 0x6c85000 0xaa 0x0)
0x5b1cbf38 : 0xd5e79c (0x6be5700 0x0 0x1 0x548f04)
0x5b1cbf58 : 0xd602cc (0x6be5700 0x23ac6252 0x5b1cbf78 0x1a436f)
0x5b1cbf78 : 0x13ebde (0x6be5700 0x0 0x0 0x72628c0)
0x5b1cbfc8 : 0x1a14ec (0x522b60 0x0 0x1a40b5 0x7403410)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
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ok i have a macbook 4,1 here that exhibits pretty much exact same behavior. coming out of screensaver kills the machine with a black screen kernel panic. here's the report. so far exactly 2 kernel panics, June 10 and June 15, these are the only panics encountered during ownership of 6 months.
smells strongly 10.5.7 specific, googling "AppleAHCI newFIS" gives 6 (six) hits..
Mon Jun 15 22:53:15 2009
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00C6F442): "AppleAHCI: slot (0) reused, newFIS = 0x02ef8027 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000, currentFIS = 0x02ef8027 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000 : 0x00000000, PxCl = 0x00000001, PxSact = 0x00000000\n"@/SourceCache/AppleAHCI/AppleAHCI-160.1.4/AppleAHCIPort.cpp:2502
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x54fafcd8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45ec20 0x54fafd0c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x54fafd28 : 0xc6f442 (0xc728ac 0x0 0x2ef8027 0x0)
0x54fafda8 : 0x4268e5 (0x68a0e00 0x68a3e00 0x0 0x0)
0x54fafdf8 : 0xc704a4 (0x689ec40 0xc6f0bc 0x68a3e00 0x0)
0x54fafe68 : 0xc665ef (0x68a0e00 0x68a3e00 0x54fafe98 0x4289fb)
0x54fafea8 : 0xc66fea (0x68a0e00 0x68a3e00 0x54fafed8 0xd11461)
0x54fafed8 : 0xd0b56f (0x68f6500 0x69a8300 0x0 0x3f0864)
0x54faff18 : 0xd0bb58 (0x691b200 0x69a8180 0x2 0x0)
0x54faff38 : 0xd0b7c6 (0x691b200 0x0 0x1 0x54f5)
0x54faff58 : 0xd0d2cc (0x691b200 0x1f36d607 0x54faff78 0x1a436f)
0x54faff78 : 0x13ebde (0x691b200 0x0 0x0 0xdb5cb365)
0x54faffc8 : 0x1a14ec (0x522b60 0x0 0x10 0x6fd1600)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage(1.2.1)@0xd05000->0xd16fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(1.5.0)@0xc64000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5.6)@0x7d8000
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort(1.6.0)@0xc6a000->0xc75fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x59d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(1.5.0)@0xc64000
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(1.5.0)@0xc64000->0xc69fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
9J61
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.7.0: Tue Mar 31 22:52:17 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.12.14~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBook4,1 (Mac-F22788A9)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 93620496557228
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver 1.0 - last unloaded 93291125329624
loaded kexts:
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 2.6.0
foo.tun 1.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 2.2.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 2.2.2
foo.tap 1.0
com.vmware.kext.vmnet 2.0.4
com.vmware.kext.vmioplug 2.0.4
com.vmware.kext.vmci 2.0.4
com.vmware.kext.vmx86 2.0.4
com.apple.driver.iPodSBCDriver 1.1.2 - last loaded 86178701669440
com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.0.6
com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.5.4
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.6.8a3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.1.6f8
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 2.7.5
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 6.0.3
com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils 156.8
com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf 156.8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelGMAX3100 5.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelGMAX3100FB 5.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.6.8a3
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 2.1.1d2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 1.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 110
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.0.6
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 3.4.0d10
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.2.12
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.6f8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.4.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 2.7.91
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.4.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.1.12b14
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx 363.35.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 1.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.4.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.8.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 158.10.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.seatbelt 107.12
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 1.6.77
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 76.0.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 199
com.apple.BootCache 30.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.6.8a3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 9.4
com.apple.iokit.CHUDKernLib 156.8
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.6.8a3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.6.9fc3
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 3.4.0d10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 2.2.1d2
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.6f8
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.1.6f8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 216.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.4.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 3.4.7
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.2.0
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