Hold on, I was told and have been proved due to my own experience that you need to pick one or the other, Automatic causes part of the noisy fan problem since it cycles back and forth between each setting. I've not had a problem with fans since I've set mine to Highest. On 12/13/05 12:11 PM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at cox.net> wrote: >> From: Jan Melichar <janmel at mac.com> >> >> I was 'forced' to upgrade to 10.4.3 and since then the fans on the G5 >> GHz dual have been coming on much more often. I seem to remember this >> being discussed a while back and a solution suggested. Could someone >> remind me what the 'solution' was. > > Unplug the machine for a couple minutes. > > Set processor to Automatic in Energy Saver Preferences > > >