Problem with Mac OS X Unexpectedly Quitting on MacBook

Sometime yesterday my MacBook started requiring that I restart it every few minutes. The screen turns grayish and displays the message that the computer must be restarted in English and a few other languages. Once the computer restarts it tells me that Mac OS X unexpectedly quit and then gives me info to report to Apple. This is what it displayed in that report the most recent time it happened:
*Wed Jul 16 21:39:22 2008*
*panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00321C20): "hfsUNswapBTNode: invalid forward link (0xC70D004E)\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.5.20/bsd/hfs/hfs_endian.c:254*
*Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)*
*0x3f31b768 : 0x12b0fa (0x4592a4 0x3f31b79c 0x133243 0x0)*
*0x3f31b7b8 : 0x321c20 (0x487d90 0xc70d004e 0x10 0x2)*
*0x3f31b848 : 0x316ca6 (0x3f31b868 0x86398c0 0x1 0x3392c0)*
*0x3f31b888 : 0x1fa5ad (0x2fef86b0 0xae72804 0x0 0x0)*
*0x3f31b948 : 0x1faee8 (0x0 0x3f31b96c 0x0 0x0)*
*0x3f31b988 : 0x33ef99 (0x3f48e08 0x1 0x2 0x48a8dc)*
*0x3f31ba18 : 0x32dc04 (0x8270880 0x1 0x1 0x3f8a090)*
*0x3f31ba98 : 0x1f63a2 (0x3f31bac8 0x246 0x3f31baf8 0x1da567)*
*0x3f31baf8 : 0x368cfe (0x8270880 0x33 0x0 0x0)*
*0x3f31bf78 : 0x3ddde2 (0x3f8a090 0x46274e0 0x4627524 0x0)*
*0x3f31bfc8 : 0x19f2c3 (0x46a03a0 0x19ecd7 0x8 0x46a03a0)*
*No mapping exists for frame pointer*
*Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb071aaa8*
*BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mds*
*Mac OS version:*
9E17
*Kernel version:*
*Darwin Kernel Version 9.4.0: Mon Jun 9 19:30:53 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.5.20~1/RELEASE_I386*
*System model name: MacBook1,1 (Mac-F4208CC8)*
I have tried reinstalling the 10.5.4 update, repairing disk permissions (problems fixed) and verifying disc (no problems found).
Please help!

Hi Jilvandy,
You're experiencing a *kernal panic*. This is commonly caused by two things:
1. Faulty RAM
2. Faulty Logic Board
Back up your data, and take it into an authorised apple service centre for further diagnosis.
Hope that helps,
Matt.
Ps: If i've been helpful, let me know by clicking "solved" next to my name in my post.
Thank you.

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