Wave of new issues suddenly

Question

First of all I am speaking about a 2.0 ghz MBP 100 GB 7200 RPM 1GB RAM took delivery around Feb 23rd.
Secondly I have done both the 10.4.6 update and well as the firmware update I have also done a PCM reset with the whole pulling the battery routine (don't know if these may play an issue in the problems) But NO Boot Camp Beta (I got the apple to get away from XP)
Thirdly I am new to Apple, this MBP is the first apple I have used for more than 5 minutes, so go slow with me when talking about kernel panicing or log files ect.
Ok so I was planning on calling apple as soon as I had some free time, which is looking like tomorrow, regarding the inverter/logic board screen brightness whine so many people seem to mention, in addition the techtools deluxe keeps returning a Video Ram "failed"
Now recently I have had a few things crop up.
1) The slightly annoying inverter/logic board noise has gotten louder, but not constantly some times its nothing and sometimes I can't stand it.
2) There is a new static/ electric short circuit noise from the left speaker area when booting.
3) The MBP has crashed a couple times in the past 2-3 days. In my mind this is tied to heat issues. NOTE: All temps mention here are from a temperature widget monitoring the temp sensor in the 7200 RPM disk and not the temp senors on the motherboard. The computer when it has been running idle on the table while I am away runs anywhere from 98 - 103 degrees F (That's 36.66 - 39.44 degrees C) and while running a moderate load iChat video chat, safari, and maybe one or two other things the temp will climb to around 111 (again that's 43.88 for the rest of the world) I've even see 117 degrees F sitting on a wood table (47.22 C) 2 or 3 times it has seemed to slow down and lag and actually seems to turn inself off (intel's heat protection?) anyways when I manage to get it turned on again, which can be hard crashing again at various points along the boot process, as soon as I can look at the widget for temperature, it read somewhere around 122 F (50 C) and the highest I have seen is 126-127 F (52.22 - 52.77 C)
For comaprison right now all that is running is one copy of safari with 2 tabs and a copy of adium (chat client) and the temp widget reads 102.2 F or 39 C
Basically in my mind these issuse have gotten worse or appeared so close together, that they must be somehow linked. I was just wondering if anyone has any more thigns I ca try before getting the apple rep on the phone?

Answer 1

Well, I had my MBP sent out for repair they changed the logic board and the thermal unit also the keyboard. And it also came back with some scratches and also on the left side at the seam where your arm/wrist rest is loose so it squeeks..plus is was dirty.
Called Apple Care got someone who said they couldn't replace it because it was past 14 days, so I didn't like that answer and then they gave me to a product specialist. He said the they needed a resonable number of attempts to fix it. I ask him what a resonable number was? He couldn't answer. So each time you send it back your without your computer for 10 days. I said just send me a new one. He said he couldn't but if after some undetermined number of returns then he could. So I said just give me a refund. And that he could do. So I'm returning my MBP and going to wait for the second generation of MBPs that don't run so dam hot. Unfortunatley you have to get a little extra firm to have them do anything.
Oh yeah, he also said if he sent out a new one that it could have the heat problem to. And that the Engineers are working on it but DO NOT have A SOLUTION YET.
It's a bumer cause I like the computer. They should make it big enought not to have a heat issue and also to fit a dual layer burner for $3K. I don't need the thinnest computer just one that works comfortably on the desk in the lap etc. without excess heat issue, airport issues, and high pitched noises.
Apple dropped the ball on getting this to market before the bugs were worked out.
So I will wait, check these disucussion boards from time to time until things are running smoother. Good luck to you and don't cave into these folks trying to tell you the heat is ok or the noise, etc....you paid top $$$ expect the best and don't take any bull**.
Peace,
Time for a Margarita.