Macbook freezes when dashboard accessed

Two nights ago, I let my computer sleep until the morning (I rarely shut it down at night). When I tried to login to the computer (via the screensaver password prompt), the computer froze. I did a force quit via the power button and when it restarted, the no (slash/circle) sign appeared then the flashing question mark. I then attempted to fix it via the disk utility, but I gave up when the utility searched ad nauseum.
I was able to restarted the computer and use it with no problems until I pressed the F12 key to access the dashboard. The computer freezes when the dashboard is displayed. If I have iTunes open, it will still play, but I can't get access the force quit via altctrlescape route.
I'm in the midst of finals and can't leave my computer at the Apple Store right now.
Has anyone had a similar problem? I recently did the firmware update. Could this be related?
Thanks for your help.

Maybe you need a new VGA adapter? Can you bring your MacBook and adapter in to an Apple store and have them test your adapter and a known working adapter?
-Doug

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