MacBook Pro randomly overheating

I have the Original MacBook Pro with a 1.83 GHz processor and 512 MB of ram. But recently when i try to encode video the temperature spikes in the period of a few seconds for example one time the temp went from 102F to 160F in just a few seconds then it climbs really rapidly up to 200F in just a minute of encoding. When i stop encoding i drops almost instantly back to where it was before it started encoding. I have tried to use both QuickTime Pro and Toast 10 to encode and this happened both times. So if anyone has a way to solve this problem please let me know.

That may be normal when encoding like that. The computer will automatically shut down if it gets to hot. That temp is around 212F.
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SMS::infiniteIntTimerEventHandler ERROR: we have infinite interrupts, disabling
At exactly 5 minute intervals. These correlate with the freezes (to the second).
SMS refers to the Apple Sudden Motion Sensor. I disabled this by doing "sudo pmset -a sms 0" in Terminal, rebooted and everything is fine.
I have no idea why the SMS thinks the Macbook is falling every 5 minutes, but when it occures the hard drive heads are locked down to prevent damage, which is a perfect reason as to why iTunes would crash but Spotify (streaming internet music) does not.
Problem solved!
Edit:
In reply to some questions posted by other members (thank you by the way).
I did install EFI 1.7 update. I did not use the Migration assistance. At some point I will do a fresh install then pick and choose parts from a backup rather than using a full Time Machine Restore. This could still have been the root cause of the issue, but it is hard to tell.
Thanks guys!
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