Gotcha! I'll give that a try when it does that same senario again. Thanks! Fran On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 04:35 AM, Jack Rodgers wrote: > 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 > > > > > >