Bluetooth, optical drive inoperative

My home Macbook (2 years old) is a dud. It was definitely built on a Monday. Two trips to the repair shop in the first month of its life. Now bluetooth has gone ("Bluetooth: not available") and the optical drive is playing up (error messages when I try to burn CDs & DVDs).
Is resetting the system management controller likely to do any good? Any other home cures I could try?
Getting Apple to fix a hardware failure of this magnitude is likely to be more expensive than buying a new computer, isn't it?
Tom

Hello,
Resetting SMC and PRAM are simple, quick and painless, so I can't see why it would hurt to try.
It seems odd that the bluetooth device would just disappear like that. If you had to replace the Optical drive & bluetooth, you can pick those up from ifixit, powerbookmedic or ebay for cheap. It is a pain, but it can be done.

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