Lock up problem caused by video card (apparently)

Hello,
I have MacBook PRO with Mac OS X (10.6.8) Serial Number: W86470W3W0M Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F2CFEA33 SMC Version: 1.14f5 Boot ROM version: MBP21.00A5.B08 ; it is core2duo 2.33ghz, 2gb ram, x1600 video card 256mb and 250gb hdd.
It works ok in safe mode but when I launch it in normal mode it locks up afrer 3-5 minutes with artefact on the cursor http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9939/img0932ko.jpg
It does not react on any hotkey combination as well as it is heating up quite much in area near F keys in upper left hand corner highlited with red rectangular. Also it is heating up on the other side in the same place http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3008/img0933xo.jpg
How can it be resolved? I had motherboard swap recently.

Wish I had seen this thread 2 weeks ago, but you did save me from buying a new graphics card. That was the last step (before chucking this mobo completely) in my attempts to fix the same problem. It didn't bother me too much, except I also couldn't get any DVD player (tried 3) to work. Would boot sometimes and at others gave a blue screen video error.
Flashing to bios 1.7 was the only thing that fixed it. Tried different memory, updating software, various combinations of drives, etc. For the record I tried bios 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, and 2.1. Not sure what about those updates causes problems but there definitely is something wrong.
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Hey guys! I'm going to post my specs first so that you get a good idea of what I'm running on:
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Pentium4 2.4C.....FSB=233=2.8C hyperthreading enabled ~>1.55V
Corsair TwinX 1gig PC3700.....memory on "AUTO" in BIOS with timings at 3,4,4,8 ~> 2.7V
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AlienX case with 2 fan400 watt power supply and 6 case fans
Zalman Alum/Copper heatsink fan
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I've moved the slider over to 8x (which requires a reboot) at least 5 times with each card but the slider refuses to move past 4xAGP after the reboot.
2: My second problem: I had an old stick of KingMax PC3200 and decided to buy 3 more sticks. Unfortunatly, the 3 I bought did not match the one I had, so I only put 2 of the new sticks I bought into my system. Immediatly, My system would crash, lock up, files were corrupt, and I got PLENTY of blue screens of death with a long message containing: 0x0000007 with all these other numbers and "0"s. I did a search online and found out I had a hardware incompatibility problem. I never got this with my old stick of ram.
I returned the 3 sticks of Ram and replaced them with the Corsair. Put my new Radeon 9700 in, formatted my hard drive....and within 24 hours, my system locked up 3 times, rebooted itself 5 times, and gave me the same BSOD as mentioned above with the same long message.
I didn't change anything except for the memory and the video card. I've been wanting to overclock, (thats why i bought the faster memory ) but I'm not sure what to do at this point.
I have my FSB at 233 but I'm scared to go any higher because of previous system instability at stock speeds. My RAM was running on 400 and MAT=Turbo with the most relaxed timings at 3,4,4,8.
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I'm trying to get more info on how to run my system at a 5:4 ratio, also.
If anyone has problems like me or knows what could be the problem with my system, please reply to this post, it would help me a lot. I've been trying to fix these problems for a few months now so anything is greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot to you guys that responded. I brought my computer home this past holiday and I want to let you know where I stand as of now. I guess this thread is like my blog for my computer. I want to clear some things before my first post makes everyone confused.
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I returned the 3 KingMax I bought, and still keep my old stick just in case.
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MY 2.4C's FSB was raised to 250 = 3.0gig
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Everything was fine for the whole day until I heard something click in my computer around midnight, and then seconds later, my computer froze and made a continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. (you can imagine)
This "click" and system crash has been plaguing me for months now. I dont know whay it happens. I was just using AIM when I heard the click and my heart stopped.
My memory speeds have been set to "AUTO" even at the FSB of 250. But I don't know if this still means my system is at a 1:1 ratio. I know the BIOS then adjusts the memory to work at 500 if my FSB is 250...so I assume it is? I love 3gig, but somehow I feel that 2.8 is faster, since the FSB=233 running parallel to my memory, also at 233
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I am generally pretty computer savvy, but have reached my wits end on this one. I would appreciate any help anybody could provide. I have tried all kinds of combinations of variables (i.e. enabling onboard video, setting external card to primary, etc.) through BIOS, as well as combinations from w/in Windows disabling onboard video, but nothing seems to work.
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lordmonk3y,
Both the ATI Firepro 2450 (which never worked properly, but the system did recognize and was able to boot with when installed) and the GeForce GT 610 claim to draw right around 30w peak (closer to 20w average). Both are considered to be relatively low-draw graphics cards, and neither is a standout performer. My work requires a lot of available screen space, but not a lot of graphics horsepower. I don't do any gaming. For heavier hitting graphics cards you might want to consider a bigger power supply. Based on most of what I looked at, 300w is the bare minimum for a lot of these cards, and many of them require a larger power supply.
For what it's worth, I looked at the specs listed on the side of the PS in the 500-314, and it actually claims peak power of 300w, but only 250w at higher operating temperatures. It's kind of a catch-22, because if you're running a more powerful card it's sure to generate more heat inside the tower, thereby lowering the available power from the PS.
I did notice that there's one other nice thing about using an external card. The onboard Radeon R7 grabbed 1GB of the stated 8GB system memory for itself, thereby leaving only 7GB free for system use. Now that I'm using an external card, I get the whole 8GB available for system use.

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PC=0x165363B0; MSR=0x00149030; DAR=0x18BD9002; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x1653648C; R1=0x323835F0; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
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com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.3)@0x749000->0x76efff
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PC=0x9330D1D8; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xB0016FE8; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x93314100; R1=0xBFFFF1E0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
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9L30
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Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:57:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_PPC
System model name: PowerBook6,5
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I believe you're right; your graphics card has some trouble. The iBooks are notorious for such things, unfortunately. I believe the heat of the machine causes the connections to loosen.
If you're in the US, you can send the logic board to Super Reball and have them fix up the connections; I believe the cost is around $75, if you remove the board yourself.
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