Macbook A1181 switches on only after 8-10 attempts. Why does it need to be "hot"?

Hello friends,
I have a problem with my Macbook A1181 : it switches on only after 8-10 attempts. Seems that it has to be "hot" to switch on.
After the boot, it works fine and I can restart it thousand times without any problem. That's because (I guess) it's going warm on the inside.
This macbook is completely clean on the inside (did it by myself), new thermal grease, fans clean, is like brand new!
I've tried also a reflow of the nvidia chip, but nothing changes. To me, it doesn't depend by the overheat chip problem, very easy to fix.
I've tried every solution (PRAM, SMC, and many other Mac tricks) but nothing helpful.
What problem could it be? I'm not a newcomer in repairing pc's and mac's, but this issue is really new to me!
I hope you can understand my bad english...
For any detailed question, just ask !
Thanks in advance for help
Miki

its since I updated to final cut 6.0.3
This problem is not unique to just me, a search for "compressor unknown time remaining" in google shows alot of people with this issue
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=compressorunknown+timeremaining&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
sadly, I have yet to find a solution other then it working on 6.0 and 6.02
please do not say its user error when I have tried all the so called workarounds and none have work.
it works when I let it connected to the ports it connects to, if I do not let it connect to the ports, it doesnt work
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