> I have noticed this. Haven't taken time to run down the reason; doesn't > really bother me. Maybe I am going deaf. ;-) You must be going deaf :^) I've got a Sun SparcServer 5/110, and a DEC PWS 433au sitting next to it. I don't know which of those is noisier, the Sun pizzabox, or the DEC with 6 external SCSI Hard drives with heavy duty cooling fans. I hear it over that racket! Still the real reason I notice it is becuase in the past the fans spinningup when nothing is going on has been an indication that they system has just locked up/crashed. > BTW, what monitor do you use? I don't remember, and I'm not at the computer right now. It is some piece of Freeware. I think someone here recommended it. Zane