Video and Over heating issues

I have 3 issues to ask about.
o Overheating.-----My laptop gets SUPER hot when playing World of Warcraft. Hot enough that I can not touch the first row of keys on my keyboard, or any part near the video screen.
o *Video display corruption.*
-----While playing I get huge amounts of artifacts, and if I don't switch from windowed mode or to it when the artifacts show up, the video seems to degrade until it is un-viewable. (Artifacts to me are random triangles that appear between items in game.)
o *Left and Right fans.*-----I have installed a program to help called smcFanControl, and it help a little but doesn't resolve anything. One weirdness with that too is it monitors the left and right fan speed in RPMs and it only registers a right fan speed. Is there a left fan too?

There are indeed left and right fans. You can download a widget from the apple website called iStat Pro that will let you see left and right fan speeds, among other system status features. And yes, I've noticed I run a lot hotter now, perhaps because of the optimization to dual-core. I have smcfancontrol now, but other than setting a minimum fan speed, it doesn't seem very useful.
What are you at? With it sitting on my desk, no ventilation issues, I have 66°C (28°C ambient) with the fans at 3700 RPM
Edit: If you put the menu bar option on, it will show you left and right fan speeds when you click on the menu
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When i start there is this wooshing sound, which i have read is the fans, however it is only from the left side, and it sounds more like a burnt out fan and the brushes are rubbing really bad. Then from left side of the grill i hear a hum, which could be the fan, but it is too loud, and from under the computer it sounds like the hard drive, but it sounds like more rubbing than any hard drive i want. Also, just tonight it started making even louder clicking sounds, like paper in a window fan.
If someone could let me know what is up with my cooling, and why my hard drive sounds like it is going to die.
PS. my processor runs 40C idle, so it is cool, but all the heat is being dissipated through the case, not the heatsink

You have a warranty. Call Apple Care and request a repair. There is nothing anyone can do here to help you.

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