You'll need a hefty video to run WoW successfully at higher settings. Anyway, I also think the chirping is graphics-bus related. Does anyone know exactly what disabling NAP does? …

I've been having the chirping also. Got my PM last week. I'll be more aware now but I really notice it while playing WoW (World of Warcraft). Nugget - I'm new to the Mac, how …

Quote: Originally Posted by d.fine You did take out the intake fans I hope, there's plenty of room, and it should be fairly easy to install... Yes. But I have big hands .…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 I have a Mac mini, with a 80G - 4200 RPM internal HD. Well, *yawn*, as we all know, that drive is rather slow. I was wondering if I could …

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 The general consensus has been that an external FW400 7200 RPM drive won't create a faster Mac mini. [ ] You know what you are talking…

Quote: Originally Posted by David Thompson (I sure had a LOT of difficulty installing RAM modules! Had to reseat them three times before the system saw them. Not a lot of room …

If you do buy a hard drive, get a Seagate. I believe they are the only company offering a 5 year warranty on their drives. One of my 200GB desktop drives is making funny noises, …

If I had a Mini, I would probably buy a 7200rpm replacement drive for the Mini and then put the displaced drive into an external Firewire box.

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 The general consensus has been that an external FW400 7200 RPM drive won't create a faster Mac mini. Contrary to general consensus, the…

And can you hear a pulsing sound that comes (I am not sure) from the 2 main fans in front of the processors ? It makes a kind of "woo woo woo" sound ...

You know what, if that works as well as it seems, it would also make upgrading totally easy as plugging in a hard drive. Wow. I was gonna get a FW HD for backup. Maybe I should use…

its the cpu, it happens on my powerbook also...

I was lucky and had a Hitachi 60GB 7200rpm in my Dell laptop. I swapped that drive with the 80GB 4200rpm Mini drive and it made a HUGE difference. I have an emergency copy of OS …

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Thanks for the link. From what I understand, that guy spent only $ 50. So I assume he didn't even get a high-performance drive (no specs…

You're welcome! I think he already had the 7200 drive on hand (from an older machine). So the $50 was for the Firewire enclosure.

Thanks for the link. From what I understand, that guy spent only $ 50. So I assume he didn't even get a high-performance drive (no specs, that would have been nice). I guess a 720…

I just got my PM dp2.0 yesterday. No chirping that I can detect. I've got the unit on the floor, but fairly close by. The only thing I hear are the disk drives accessing. (I su…

Someone's already done this: http://www.budget-ha.com/apple/mac-mini-firewire/

I have a Mac mini, with a 80G - 4200 RPM internal HD. Well, *yawn*, as we all know, that drive is rather slow. I was wondering if I could use an external HD with 7200 RPM, hooked …

FYI, my friends PC also chirps. Seems to be gfx related - so any time you resize a window etc...

I'm not convinced that it's quite as simple as just a power supply defect. My new PowerMac didn't chirp at all, but then I had to get the mainboard replaced by AppleCare and now i…

My RevB DP2.0 rarely has it. sometimes when playing QT movies in the preview column. But it has been a while now since I heard a chirp come from it. Nothing has been changed.

I believe this is an issue on most if not all PM G5s. From what I read online, it's the power supply that's making the noise, and it's caused whenever you have Nap mode on. Nap mod…

There is also a pulsing sound that comes from my G5 dual 2.3. It is not loud but quiet annoying.

It sounds like an electronic chirping sound that emits from the tower everytime certain actions are performed. It does not make the sound when the computer just sits there idle.