Serious problems after a few weeks..

I've been a mac user for 3 years, and I've never seen anything like this.. my mac is feasibly going insane. After 3 weeks of good performance, I've begun having the following problems:
(macbook pro 17" first-gen)
- freezes frequently, especially when sleeping or syncing external monitors
- sometimes will not fall asleep
- sometimes will wake up immediately after going to sleep
- isight camera is no longer recognized by any applications, but still shows up in system profiler.
so.. my first step was to run the unix daily/weekly/monthly scripts.. a permissions repair, and disk repair.
after that i kicked my small 11gb boot camp partition to the curb and reset the PRAM. i wasn't using boot camp heavily, just messed around with it.
that didn't work, so i resorted to an archive and install.
and.. i still have the same problems.. which is incredible to me, i've never had this many.. inexplicable problems.. with a mac.

Hi, iRuney.
1. You wrote: "so.. my first step was to run the unix daily/weekly/monthly scripts.. a permissions repair, and disk repair."The UNIX maintenance scripts won't help in troubleshooting this problem. Did disk repair find any errors that it could not correct?
2. Run the Apple Hardware Test (AHT) that came the affected computer. See my "Apple Hardware Test" FAQ for comprehensive advice on using the AHT in troubleshooting.
3. Don't forget to take advantage of your warranty: either
contact AppleCare or, if there is Apple Retail Store in your area, you might take it there. You may wish to call ahead to make an appointment at the Genius Bar.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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