Random app crashes on Mac Pro

When I got the mac pro I notice when copying my data from my mac g4 quicksilver over the linksys router that the finder was crashing on the new mac pro 2.66 I figured it might be my linksys router that was 2 yrs old so I bought an external drive copied all my data that went fine but when I was importing my itunes and iphoto catalog would crash so would quicktime and system preference so I decided to format the 250 gig hard drive zero out data and started over even though disk utility said the hd was fine thinkg that there might be something wrong with the factory install. I also checked the memory and added another 1 gig of apple memory.
So I started over and the same problem continues. Last night I ran the diagnostic test from cd disk 1 by holding down d on the keyboard ran that everything past. I can not update the EFI firmware now either. What gives??? Is anybody having this same problem? I am going to call apple but with all the tests passing I'm afraid there is nothing they will do.

Hmmm… a stab in the dark but why don't you try resetting PRAM and NVRAM…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
… and the System Management Controller…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304123

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