MAC BOOK PRO 17 Build 2009 Random Freezing

Hello people!
I was working with my mac at work editing some videos when suddenly everything just stop working and i had to turn it off only by holding the power button... Mouse froze, keyboard not responding But i noticed backlight was responding if it helps....
I have this problem over a year now from time to time and didn't gave too much attention to it until i lost 2 hours of video editing work. I always thought that my running applications were the problem so i called apple asking various questions and positive answers on how do i diagnose a problem when i see one...
Anyway.. After i called on the second time apple they said that it would be a good idea to format it ...
I formated my drive and installed only the MAC OSX and update to the latest version and also installed iLife only and finally i started to transferring my data back to the system when it froze again... I spend 4 hours on searching on apple site on how to reset the PRAM and NVRAM... SO i did...
Note: After i Reset the PRAM and NVRAM takes a long time (Weeks) until it freezes again and it happens unexpectedly.
Right now just came back from the service department and i was told that my mac has passed all the tests they did...
If my mac has passed all the test how come it freezes???
So if any suggestions or solutions please let me know people... I have only 19 days left on my warranty and its my first mac and i like it.... But i don't know why its freezing... Read the details below on what hardware i'm using if it helps...
Regards.

Updated News.... Or a novel if i may say....
Hello everyone!
Unfortunately they didn't locate the problem but its pretty sure that is hardware related...
For me it was a lot of trouble driving 45 miles maybe more to find an authorized service center when i ended up wasting my time really...
Funny thing is when i took the laptop at their store "Not Official Apple Store" it crashed once with a grey screen after i tried to transfer a video from my Nokia phone over the USB Cable but it looks like they run the same test i was doing for the past 5 months... "idiots they were having the laptop their sitting rather than using it" BUT IT LEFT AN ERROR CODE
They didn't even bother to check the event log and i had to find a friend who has good skills to check it out for me so i went to their shop and took it away before they do some more serious damage to the computer and my temper...
Anyway! :s
I took it back home and my friend was surfing the net with the event log code to see what message i was getting at the last moment i gave my MBP to them and crashed when i plugged the phone.
We turn on the laptop normally!!! and found the code that is written below BUT AFTER FEW MOMENTs THE LAPTOP RESTARTED AND MACOSX COULD NOT BOOTUP!!!! So i lost all of the error report :s sorry
" cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003 " what the only thing he could remember SO!!!
This is the first time i get this error message in my one year of use and 3rd time formatting the drive so i can find a possible solution to this problem...
Finally i spend almost 2 hours with a very good apple care assistant on the phone from greece, talking & trying avery possible step and solution to boot mac osx. Finally i format my System Again...
Also bought Apple care just in case that i highly recommend that you do the same...
So im closing this topic for now, but im still not marking it as answered until i get a prober answer to this problem from Apple Official Service Center and share it with you all.
I will travel to UK soon and i will ask them to check the hardware from top to bottom until they find something because Software Testing will not show anything no matter how many time you repeat it!!!!...
cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003
Any reply to my novel would be grateful about that error code
Regards

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