Could it be a power supply prob?  If the fan isn't getting enough power it 
might spin slower making it noisy...  Just my guess...   w

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:21:52 -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
>�On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 02:04:04PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>�On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 08:23:19PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
>>
>>>�On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 02:45:50PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>�wrote:
>>>
>>>>�Process kapm-idled (pid: 3, stackpage=cffeb000) Stack:
>>>>�cffebf8c cffea000 fffffc18 00000000 c0258000 c0258000
>>>>�c0298180 cffebf6c 06e9c547 00000064 cffebf94 c0113e15
>>>>�cffebf6c 00000000 00000000 06e9c547 cffea000 c0113d40
>>>>�c02aec20 cffebf8e cffebf8c cffea000 00000064 0008e000 Call
>>>>�Trace: [schedule_timeout+133/176] [process_timeout+0/80]
>>>>�[apm_mainloop+138/176] [apm+623/640] [_stext+0/48]
>>>>
>>>
>>>�bet ya it's an kernel/bios apci incompatibility...
>>>
>>�Since my last message, fan noise has become an angry buzz, about
>>�20 dB (?) louder than normal. �The abnormal noise starts
>>�immediately on powering up, so while the kernel/bios apci
>>�incompatibility is still a possibility, there must be something
>>�(else?) wrong happening before the kernel loads. �BTW, due to
>>�using dictation software, I can't just live with the noise.
>>
>>
>�missed your reply. ...sounds like hardware failing. :-\
>
>�// George
>
>
>�--
>�George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator Linux BSD IXOYE
>�http://galis.org/george/ cell:646-331-2027 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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