Macbook not starting

Hi, I've noticed a few times since I got my macbook on Tuesday, that it won't start. I have to remove the battery, several times, then attempt to boot it up, opening and closing the lid periodically. It usually takes about 10 minutes to get the laptop to start back up again.
Any thoughts on what this problem could be?
I don't so much mind, so long as I can get it to start up again, but I am a little concerned.
If you know what may be wrong? Any thoughts are really appreciated. Thanks!
(And of course it refused to start when I was showing it off to my friends... Who loved it after it decided to boot up.. sigh...)
Oh well, I still want to cuddle it anyway

Do you think that how erratic it occurs is as signal for a hardware issue? (I'd rather not send it in to have to wait for 6 weeks to get it back unless I really, really have to.)
For some perception, it occurs once every.. hrm... 30 or 40 times it is shut down and rebooted? (I travel with it, so I am not comfortable with carrying it in a bag while in sleep mode, and with the heat and cases of some duo core systems catching on fire, I really don't want to run it overnight. My temperature is beautiful so far as I am concerned: (Averages 36 C on the hard drive, and 60-65 on the CPUs during moderate to heavy load.)
Thanks for letting me know how the PMU was reset! I didn't know that.

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