My 3-year-old Macbook is suddenly having all kinds of problems.

Symptoms, all within a few weeks with no warning: First iTunes got corrupted. Then lots of 'corrupt file' error message with Word (seems to be xlsx files). Then Entourage started crashing repeatedly and hanging up. The fan started coming on a lot.
What I've done: Visited the genius bar. Scanned the disks--no problems there. Installed and ran iAntivirus--no problems there. Did a clean install of OS X. Did a few one-off solutions that I found on other forms to address fan and Entourage database problem.
Result: Even after the reinstall, I am still getting corrupt Word files. Fan still comes on more than it should.
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.24f3
Serial Number (system): W87*
Hardware UUID: 6D473510-CEF1-5584-8B55-233D0BBD9EDA
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
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suetee wrote:
It does have the original hard drive. But wouldn't something like that show up on the disk scan the Genius guy did?
The Genius should have done a SMART scan. That is standard procedure, especially with a new hard drive.
Here is a source of inexpensive, reliable hard drives: http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/

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