MBP freezes after Mavericks install restart

I have tried to install Mavericks onto my MBP mid/late 2007 model. However after what seems ot be a smooth installation process with no reported errors the Mac freezes when it gets to the the Apple logo.
I have reset the SMC and PRAM. Booted into safe mode. Checked the drive with Disk Utility and Drive Genius. Tried the installer multiple times. Re-installed the factory ram (upgraded last year to 6 gis ram using an OWC kit).
Now I am restoring to Mountain Lion via Tim Machine.
Foot Note: This initially happend, same way, a few weeks ago when trying to update Mountain Lion to the latest update. So perhaps something was introduced in Mountain Lion to prep for Mavericks that initiated this problem.
Please help!

I have a MBP late 2007 and I tried to upgrade to Mavericks... Well, a four days nightmare before giving up and going back to my Lion.
This is what I tried:
1.- Just upgrade, as I have always done. Result: after the system has been upgraded, a few seconds after Mavericks has booted up, the computer just freezes.
2.- I did a clean install of Mavericks telling it to transfer my stuff from a Time Machine backup after the first boot. Result: the same, a few seconds after Mavericks has booted up and my account is being loaded, the computer freezes.
3.- Another clean install of Mavericks, but this time telling it to transfer my account. After the information transfer is done, the system boots up and I start using it, it seems to be working, and I start reinstalling the software I need: VMWare, iWork, Aperture, iLife, Steam... Everything is going fine, the computer seems to be fine. The last piece of software I installed is Adobe CS5, then, I keep on working with the computer trying to install fink and the software I usually use... and then bang! The computer freezes again.
4.- Clean install of the system in an external USB harddrive, transferring everything from a Time Machine backup. When it is done, the computer is incredibly slow, but that's normal, because it is USB 2.0 on a regular HDD, and it's been a while since I installed a Crucial M4 SSD in the MBP. This time, I can use the system for a while and the computer doesn't freeze.
I check if it could be a problem with the SSD, I am using a Crucial M4 512GB SSD with firmware version 000F, so I updated the firmware to the latest version, but the problem is the same, the system freezes.
Additional information: My wife has a MBP 13'' (mine is 15'') with the same SSD, firmware version 040H, and the same software (Adobe CS5, VMWare, Aperture, etc.), but her computer is perfectly happy with the upgrade.
I couldn't find anything useful on the system logs, I also tried to boot up in single user mode, safe mode, reset the PMU or SMC (command+option+P+R)... yet no solution. The only thing I could do was to fall back to my dear Lion, that works perfectly, with its defects, of course, but it is running.
I'd really like to be able to upgrade to Mavericks, because the little time I could use it, I got the impression that it manages the resources on the machine in a better way. And, if I want to develop for iOS 7 and Mac OS X, there is no other way than having it.
Any ideas? May it be the graphic card (my computer is a late 2007 MBP 15'', that already got the motherboard replaced because of the known graphic card defect)?

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