Mac Pro is stuck - please help

The power went out briefly today while my MacPro was powered up. Once power was restored I
booted up and when the log in screen came up, the field was already filled in and over the speaker was the sound of you get when you have depressed a key but run out of text field. I backspaced the text and typed in my password and login ensued normally. Once my desktop was present the sound of the stuck keystroke reappeared and persisted. I unplugged the keyboard but the sound persisted. My wireless mouse worked fine. I tried open various applications as well as disk utility or various file menus but as soon as I release the mouse to select an option the menu options window closes. The computer is clearly repeating a keystroke on its own repetitively and will not allow any other action. I rebooted in safe mode with the same result. I tried to reboot to my external backup clone but it ignored the keys held down during bootup and proceeded as it normally would. I tried to bootup to disk and the same thing occurred. I am completely stumped.
Any advice is appreciated
jt

Hi KJK555
Thanks for your reply.
Last evening after trying multiple times to correct including disconnecting all the peripherals and also trying to get to disk utility with no luck, I put Disk Warrior in the optical drive but when I tried o boot to the disk the computer ignored the keyboard and went straight to normal bootup, however once up the disk image of Disk Warrior showed up on desktop and when I clicked on it everything started to act normally, weird. So I proceeded to run disk utility verify and repair and did so successfully. I then proceeded to do a bunch of work and backups etc. I let the computer sit, idle for the day and went back to it this evening and decided to reboot and see if this had resolved.
On boot up things went normally ih no sound however when I got to the desktop and tried to double click on file folders or file menus I was unable to open. The drop downs show up if I right click but as soon as I move to select an option the menu disappears. I rebooted again with the same result. When I log off the sound comes back but haven't got the sound in any other circumstances I have found.
I can double click on dock icons and those applications open. If I use key commands to open applications folder and double click on an app there , nothing occurs.
I will look into cache cleaning, have never done that so will have to lok into it. Any other ideas would be most welcome. Thanks again.
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It finally crashed altogether and I am not experienced at interpreting the reports so here is the crash report in the hopes that someone can help determine the problem:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 101039853 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    8DD159F4-CE66-4B72-9F40-E4800A0F5E65
Sat Sep 7 18:15:27 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x006376A4): NVRM[0]: Read Error 0x0008804c: BAR0 0xf1000000 0x6fd0b000 0x04b300a2 D0 P0/1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5c356158 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x5c35618c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x5c3561a8 : 0x6376a4 (0x867e80 0x867e80 0x82c6d4 0x0)
0x5c356208 : 0x67a18c (0x6f91404 0x796f804 0x8804c 0x909def)
0x5c356248 : 0x8ebf91 (0x796f804 0x8804c 0x4c 0x713455c0)
0x5c3562a8 : 0x9006da (0x796f804 0x7532004 0x1 0xa)
0x5c356308 : 0x7390a3 (0x796f804 0x74a0004 0x0 0x0)
0x5c356348 : 0x67950b (0x74a0004 0x1388 0x0 0x0)
0x5c356398 : 0x90fa88 (0x796f804 0x5c356488 0x5c356488 0x8)
0x5c3564c8 : 0x910086 (0x796f804 0x7869604 0x0 0x0)
0x5c356528 : 0x683736 (0x796f804 0x7869604 0x7a2cb04 0x0)
0x5c3565a8 : 0x644c49 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0xbeef0202 0x6b0a100)
0x5c3565e8 : 0x635804 (0x5c356778 0x6 0x0 0x0)
0x5c356748 : 0x62736c (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7058 0x5c356778)
0x5c356808 : 0xe8f917 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0xbeef0202 0x6b0a100)
0x5c356848 : 0xe8f9ee (0x46873000 0x6b0a100 0xcac000 0x0)
0x5c356878 : 0xe4ff9f (0x46873000 0x6b0a100 0xcac000 0x0)
          Backtrace continues...
      Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(5.4.8)@0xe3c000->0xed3fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.8)@0x61e000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.3)@0x610000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x5e2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.3)@0x5f3000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal(5.4.8)@0x87d000->0xa47fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.8)@0x61e000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.8)@0x61e000->0x87cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.3)@0x610000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x5e2000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.3)@0x5f3000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: AppleVNCServer
Mac OS version:
9L31a
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 65137051142183
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAPlatformDriver          1.7.1a2 - last unloaded 131738816746
loaded kexts:
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          9.0 - last loaded 71732761724
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAPlatformDriver          1.7.1a2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          2.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          1.7.1a2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          1.7.1a2
com.apple.GeForce          5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          1.7.1a2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          6.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          1.7.7
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.0.6
com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal          5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.7
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.0d28
com.apple.driver.MaxTranserSizeOverrideDriver          2.0.9
com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          2.0.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.2.0
com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive          2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          2.1.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRAID          3.0.19
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          2.7.91
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          1.5.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          3.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          3.9.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          2.1.2b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          3.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI          1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.4
com.apple.security.seatbelt          107.12
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          1.8.77
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          76.2.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          199
com.apple.BootCache          30.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          1.7.1a2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          1.7.1a2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.6.9fc5
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.1
com.apple.NVDAResman          5.4.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          1.7.3
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          2.3.1d1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          2.1.1
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
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Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
- support articles and tips, how to.
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The_Tiger92 wrote:
So im about to buy a mac pro, I just need help cause im not sure if it's worth paying more for instance, a hi-res screen compared to the stock screen, and will i really miss the .2 ghz and the upgraded video card if I get the 2.0 ghz mbp?
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