On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 12:45 AM, Fran Dollinger wrote: > Thanks for the ideas & suggestions! On your keyboard, probably the F5 key, is an FKey with a speaker icon and 3 sound waves. Press that the next time you hear the whirring and see if the whirring stops. If so, then you have some extension or application that is generating a sound through the speakers. You can also press the F3 key, speaker icon with no sound wave, to reduce the speaker volume while the whirring sound occurs. If it now is lower in volume, see the above paragraph. If either or both of these tests prove positive, do a search while in the Finder, Command+F, for the word Sound and report what you find. --- When you decide to forward a chain email, put your name at the top of the list and delete the idiot's name who sent it to you... jackrodgers at earthlink.net http://www.jackrodgers.com