Strange behaviour after update to 10.4.7

Soon after updating to 10.4.7 (via Software Update) my MacBooks seems to be defective.
After updating to 10.4.7 I heard the "whining" for the very first time on my MacBook. It cames from the area of the power supply connector. But that's not my main problem.
The next morning after the update, my MacBook seems to be dead. I switched my MacBook on, the start up sound was coming, but the screen remains white and shows no Apple logo. After 30 seconds a lot of vertical lines occurs on the screen. Nothing more happens.
After I checked some possible sources, e.g. the memory modules, I found out that reseting the PRAM seems to fix my problem: The MacBook was booting and working w/o any failures. Unfortunately, only temporarily.
As I restarted the MacBook after some time, the same problem occurs
Any ideas before I bring in the MacBook to service?
Regards,
Tom
MacBook in black

Missing files? Well the combo is exactly that, a
combination of all previous updates and security
updates. I think it's a misguided belief people have
that the Delta may be missing certain essential
files. Based on that theory you shouldn't use
Software Update at all for any updates.
AppleTalker, normally I'd agree with you on this (never had any problem using Software Update), but in the case of 10.4.7 it looks like Apple actually forgot some files in the Delta (i.e.Software Update) they originally posted:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060705002510509
More on the Intel re-release and build numbers We previously noted that Apple re-released the Mac OS X 10.4.7 updater for Intel-based Macs due to the omission of some files related to OpenGL performance.
According to Apple, the omission only affected the delta (smaller, version-to-version) update, with the combo updater apparently carrying the OpenGL-related files all along. In other words, if you initially applied the combo updater, you do not need to download any additional files.

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