Pb runs hot and loud., doesn't sleep.

I just sent my pb into apple to replace the combo drive (thanks applecare!) and when I got it back, I noticed that its been running hot and loud. The upper-left portion of the keyboard is quite warm, and the fan seems to be constantly running. Even if I walk away for 15 or 20 minutes, I'll come back to it still on. When I manually put the computer to sleep, the fan turns off and screen goes blank. After a a few seconds, the drive makes a noise like its ejecting a disc, the screen comes back on, and the fan starts up again.
I'm going to call Apple about it, but I just wanted to know if anyone had any similiar problems or ideas about what might be going on?

Mine is still fairly new as I picked it up off ebay a couple weeks ago brand new. So I don't know when it was actually manufactured. The part of the noise that gets under my skin is that soft but constant background whining coming from the CPU fan. It doesn't really sound like anything rubbing or a bad bearing, just the sound that an electric motor makes. But, it just seems to resonate from the lower left hand side where the air intake is.
So quite accidentally one day I held my hand under the left hand side and it completely muffled the whine sound. You could still here the hum and the sound of air but the irritating element was gone. Playing around a little more, I opted to tape a business card under that lower left hand corner, bridging the gap from front to back to still allow an airspace for the fan's suction. It knocks out about 90% of the whine.
It's been running that way for two weeks with no ill effects. Yes, the fan speeds up and slows down when needed. Normal at rest RPM is 1500 and mid to upper 50's on the temp. The highest temp I've seen under max continuous load is 65 with the fan at 4000 rpm.
I did experiment with something longer than the business card but I did then see a decrease in cooling capability. The isight models have their suction ducted out the back and I bet that gets rid of that resonance.
So all in all it still makes less fan noise than my old B&W, it's just that the B&W wasn't up on the desk so close to our heads. But, If your fans are constantly on high, there is a procedure for resetting something in power management, I just can't find it right now. Hope this helps.

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