10.5.7 Freeze & Leopard reinstall

I had to reinstall Leopard. I am back to 10.5 and sort of scared to upgrade back to 10.5.7 I see the grey Apple after installing 10.5.7 and restarting. So I had to reinstall Leopard.
What's the deal? Is anyone else having the same issue?

The problem is 10.5.7 & 10.5.8 updates reduces fan speeds to under 1000rpm causing overheating (mine was running at 45ºC+). The solution is to install smcFanControl to increase fan speeds (I've reduced heat to 27ºC by increasing fan speeds to 2500rpm. I might lower this setting, but I'm just happy I can can do some uninterrupted work! Thanks for nothing Apple for NOT fixing this in 10.5.8.

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    tifosi430 wrote:
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