On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:57:20 -0500, Paul Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dan, > >It seems to me like it is the CPU fan. And it seems quite normal. My >son's Asus bare-bones system we built does that. The CPU fan is >variable-speed, according to it's temperature. At boot time the >temperature is unknown, so the fan controller runs at full speed (the safe >thing to do). As soon as the temperature is known, the fan is slowed to a >reasonable, quiet speed. > Paul, I unplugged the CPU fan and still get the noise. Dan The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website, web based bulletinboard for questions and answers: Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com