Sudden grey screen on a new Mac Pro

Hi,
from a two days my Mac suddenly crashes with the grey screen.
Does anyone know what is going on? Below the report:
Thu Sep 10 23:04:14 2009
panic(cpu 11 caller 0x001AA0D4): Kernel trap at 0x0017ebd4, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x6c617475, CR3: 0x00d40000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000001, EBX: 0x6c617461, ECX: 0x155e1998, EDX: 0x16275230
CR2: 0x6c617475, EBP: 0x90ce3c18, ESI: 0x0002d000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x0017ebd4, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 11), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x90ce3a18 : 0x12b4c3 (0x45d7fc 0x90ce3a4c 0x133542 0x0)
0x90ce3a68 : 0x1aa0d4 (0x467864 0x17ebd4 0xe 0x467010)
0x90ce3b48 : 0x1a0773 (0x90ce3b60 0x90ce3c7c 0x90ce3c18 0x17ebd4)
0x90ce3b58 : 0x17ebd4 (0xe 0x3e0048 0x90ce0010 0x1a0010)
0x90ce3c18 : 0x1603cd (0x16275230 0x2d000 0x0 0x40000)
0x90ce3c98 : 0x163bfd (0x1cfe9b0 0x7d000 0x0 0x90ce3e1c)
0x90ce3d38 : 0x16ddeb (0x1cfe9b0 0x90ce3e1c 0x1522ce0c 0x50000)
0x90ce3e88 : 0x3c390f (0x90000 0x0 0x3 0x0)
0x90ce3ec8 : 0x384888 (0x50000 0x0 0x3fe70 0x0)
0x90ce3f78 : 0x3e19ff (0x15929cd4 0x15510680 0x155106c4 0x0)
0x90ce3fc8 : 0x1a0c6a (0x157e2cc0 0x0 0x1a30b5 0x17912a80)
0xbfffeb98 : 0x55555555 (0x0 0x55575555 0x0 0x55555555)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
9G3553
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.3: Tue Jan 20 18:26:40 PST 2009; root:xnu-1228.10.33~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
I appreciate any advise.
Marek.

And again with this:
Thu Sep 10 23:11:06 2009
panic(cpu 8 caller 0x001AA0D4): Kernel trap at 0x0017ebd4, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x21ff331f, CR3: 0x6b0e5000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000001, EBX: 0x21ff330b, ECX: 0x1870b4f0, EDX: 0x163e294c
CR2: 0x21ff331f, EBP: 0x90f439a8, ESI: 0x01639000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x0017ebd4, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x048d0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 8), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x90f437a8 : 0x12b4c3 (0x45d7fc 0x90f437dc 0x133542 0x0)
0x90f437f8 : 0x1aa0d4 (0x467864 0x17ebd4 0xe 0x467010)
0x90f438d8 : 0x1a0773 (0x90f438f0 0x163e2954 0x90f439a8 0x17ebd4)
0x90f438e8 : 0x17ebd4 (0xe 0x48 0x90f40010 0x1a0010)
0x90f439a8 : 0x1737db (0x163e294c 0x1639000 0x0 0x0)
0x90f439f8 : 0x1cec75 (0x163e294c 0x15f1000 0x0 0x163b000)
0x90f43a98 : 0x1ceef7 (0x163a95a0 0x1708f30 0x0 0x15f1000)
0x90f43ad8 : 0x330e63 (0x163a95a0 0x1708f30 0x0 0x15f1000)
0x90f43b58 : 0x1f717d (0x90f43b88 0x246 0x90f43bb8 0x1db215)
0x90f43bb8 : 0x36c6d7 (0x163a95a0 0x2c 0x90f43ed8 0x0)
0x90f43f78 : 0x3e1631 (0x159959e8 0x18390d48 0x183886c4 0x0)
0x90f43fc8 : 0x1a10ee (0x18390d44 0x0 0x1a30b5 0x18390d40)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x5fbfad00
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: TM_Notifier
Mac OS version:
9G3553
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.3: Tue Jan 20 18:26:40 PST 2009; root:xnu-1228.10.33~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)

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