a few drops of silicone lubricant will probably help. also, if there are large amounts of dust buildup, that can cause more wind noise. and not having good ventilation behind the mac can cause heat build up, making the fans work harder. sandor On Jan 4, 2004, at 3:43 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the responses. > > I don't really care about the noise esthetically, I just want to know > if the noise signals something is wrong with the Mac. If it's just > meant > to be noisy, that's fine :@) > > Fan noise levels seem to go up and down somewhat, and aren't > exactly correlated with memory intensive tasks.