Screen Saver Freeze - Repeated

Before calling AppleCare and spending hours ...
Screen saver with clock is freezing. Repeatedly. This just started a couple days ago. Done absolutely nothing new.
I've deleted the Home>Library>Preferences>By Host .plist screen saver files (3 times); reset PRAM; unplugged all power for 30 minutes; repaired permissions both from the install disc and the computer. No avail.
No third party apps except Firefox and Office 2004.
Console shows me nothing out of the ordinary (but then again - not sure exactly what I'd be looking for).
Have a funeral to leave for and will be looking remotely at Discussions for any reply from the MBP, but if anyone has any ideas/fixes, I'll jump on any and all tomorrow night when I get back to this computer.
Thanks!

1) Try resetting your System Preferences/Desktop&ScreenSaver/ScreenSaver and see if it freezes.
Please explain.
2) Check System Preferences/EnergySaver Preferences to see if you have the Display set to Sleep when you have the ScreenSaver set to start. Could be a conflict there.
Energy Saver - Put Computer to Sleep - Never; Put Display to Sleep - 3 hours - been this way for ages.

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