Paul E.R.Packbier said: >Question: Does an XServe really sound like a vacuum cleaner all the >time? I haven't heard anything about the XServe's, and I can't find the MacFixIt cite right now, but Apple has had problems with the fans in the new G5, and the fans in some powerbooks, coming on at full blast at odd times under OS X 10.3. I believe that this update fixed the problem in G5's: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120287 Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html