> Bill, is the sound coming from the speakers? Yes. It's definitely coming through the speakers. And when I plug my external speakers in, it gets louder as expected. > If so you could shut the thing up temporarily by hitting the mute key. That's what I've done. If I hadn't, I'd be completely insane from the noise by now. > If this doesn't take care of it, it could be because of a hardware problem > such as a hard drive armature or a fan blade or a CD drive that will not stop > seeking even though there isn't a disk inside. I guess that can be ruled out (?) because it only happens during typing, and comes through the speakers. --Bill