MacBookPro 17'' 2009, frequent Crash/Freezes after regular shutdowns, etc.

Question

Hi everybody!
My Situation:
MacBookPro 17'' Mid 2009
OSX: 10.6.7
Boot Camp: 3.2
Windows (on Boot Camp): W7 Ultimate 64bit german SP1
all SW and drivers updated as far as possible.
Since almost after the start of using Windows 7 I experiences frequent Blue Screens restarting the computer into Windows, even after regular shutdowns, but mainly after Stand-bys and Power Save (Ruhezustand) status.
Recently the harddisk has been replaced, since the system was totally corrupted (even OSX was not any more startable). But I still have the same problems. :-(((
Sometimes Windows claims, that the BIOS has to be updated, somtimes it claims memory has to be checkedö sometımes other errors are presented. But memory checks shows no problems and there is no new SMC firmware version available by Apple for this 17'' edition since its release (SMC EFI 1.8).
After several, at least 5, total reinstallations of Mac OSX, updates to the latest versions, reinstallations of Windows 7 (by Boot camp), updtes t0 its latest editions (W7: SP1 and aditional udates, BootCamp for Windows 3.1 and then 3.2) there are no improvements, but a huge frustration :((((
The funny and even more frustrating thing is that exactly the same OS setup, but just running on a MacBookPro 13'', shows no problem at all?
So I wonder, if there are any others out there experiencing aquivalent misbehaviors and if there are really not any updates available for the SMC firmware?
I would appreciate any kind of responses, even, if you are only able to complain the same bad experiences at least, since so far, I got no real answers despite several visits at Apple's Genuis Bar.
Please Help!

Answer 1

It is strange the both computers exhibit the same behavior, so I would think it would be something installed on both. I don't know what it could be, though.
Bootcamp shouldn't be causing that.
Create a new user on one of the machines and operate out of that login. See if the problem persists. If it doesn't recur, then we can isolate the problem to your user accounts and not the system itself.
Does a crash report get generated? Look in the Console app. Check the Diagnostic and Usage Messages. Also, look down through the list of logs and see if there is anything for CrashReporter or Hangreporter. Look for anything with Finder. I'm not sure what to look for in the logs. If you find one that occurred because of a crash you are talking about, then copy it and post here.
Edit: Also look for crashlogs for the programs that are crashing. I hooked in on the save dialog, tying it to Finder, but it is more likely tied to the app itself.
Message was edited by: Barney-15E