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I'm not sure what the mystery is here? That's when the files were new to that OS on that particular HD. What happens if you add a file today?

I don't think the OP has been waiting over 2 years for that explanation.

Get a copy of DiskWarrior. It is very possible it is just a corrupt directory structure caused by being ejected improperly that Disk Utility is unable to repair

Try hitting the F7 key while its booted to that screen.

If you have the machine hooked to an older ACD cinema display where you used to power it up from that all the time, that may be why you need to unlpug it and plug it back in to start from the power button. I've seen that before and not much you can do about it. As far as the fan is concerned I'd...

Really?!? Three new threads all exactly the same over a period of 4 days! I even tried to help you on the second one and instead of replying back to that thread, you start a new thread exactly the same! Way to kill your chances of getting help. We are all volunteering our valuable time and we...

Is it the installer that came with the machine or a retail version that is as current as the machine?

The fans going crazy mean one of two things. The clear plastic airflow shield has been removed, or the machine hasn't found an OS to control the fans. Boot to the installer disk and run disk utility on the drive to see if it fixes the directory structure or if it can't. At least it will either...

You don't have much experience with the repair depots, do you? Frankly, it doesn't make any difference to me because I'll support the equipment. But by Apple standards, if a desktop or laptop needs more than one part within 30 days, our service scores take a hit. So in some cases with laptops...

That's what I meant. It wasn't an Applecare issue. I didn't install it for him and most likely wouldn't just for incompatibility issues like this. If I did, I'd make them sign a waiver saying I'm not responsible for backing promises made by the drive manufacturer. I'm not going to go through...

I wouldn't do it. I had a macbook pro in with an aftermarket SSD installed. The guy came in complaining he couldn't copy to firewire. Turns out it was something with the drive causing it. I told him it was not under warranty because the drive was causing it. He didn't want to believe it and said...

No, that is not how cloning or imaging works.

That drive is failing. You are going to need to get it out of the enclosure. Get a USB ATA/SATA dock. Get a good quality cloning program like Data Rescue 3 (it's actually recovery software but has a pretty rock solid cloning utility I've successfully used many times). Then get another drive...

First thing if you hve the macbook connected via target disk mode is on the macbook pro go to applications/utilities/disk utility and try to repair the macbook disk. If if won't repair, you may need to get a more potent directory structure repair tool like DiskWarrior. If repairing the...

These things don't get better by themselves. More than likely over time the distortion will get worse or its pretty likely the GPU will fail completely and you'll have no video at all. The cheapest you will be able to get it repaired if its the logic board will be to mail it to the Apple...

Get your money back if you can. Most likely its the logic board. Try external video and booting to another system to rule out the display and software. But I'd say its leaning towards the logic board.

This was what I was referring to also. I am aware 10.6 doesn't include an erase and install option or archive and install option for that matter.

That's a pretty in depth component level repair even if there parts readily available. The only thing I can think is getting the piece off of a similar board. I think I'd come back on whoever broke it to front the money to fix it.

Someone yanked the display assembly forward too far, too fast with a do it yourself disassembly...

The restart after the update is probably what did it.