I got my imac back from apple... now... whats this???

Hey there everyone.. Thanks for all of your help everyone who helped me figure out what was wrong with my imac. i had the logic board replaced along with the power supply. yay 999.65 worth of work for free thanks to the repair extension! Now i have an issue that i am wondering if it is normal?? System specifications: Its 20 Inch iMac g5. 2.0 ghz 1.5 gigs of ram, with a 250 gb hard drive. obviously with a new logic board and power supply. Its working beautifully!!! No Crashes since i got it back! But.... ...... ..... ..... Now ok, I play world of warcraft a lot.. Now after playing it for say.... 10 minutes.. My fans come on.. And boy.. they are kinda noisy!! holy cow.. Brrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm geez.. an like.. if im encoding a DVD.. or browsing the net looking a videos.. Brrrrrrmmmmmmm Monatone drone there.. and even after i quit the game etc... quit burning.. etc.. not fore sure how long it keeps going.. but a while. CPU 4158 rpms, System, 4000 RPM's, Hard Drive 5374 rpm's... does this seem like too much? or is this about normal.. i dont want to complain.. but.. its kind of annoying ya know? Anyone else have the same experiences?? Please let me know asap.. Thanks,
Jason

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301733 iMac G5: How to Reset the SMU (iMac G5, the iMac G5 (Ambient Light Sensor), and the iMac G5 (iSight)).
If the above does not fix the fan issue, then get on the phone to Apple first thing Monday morning & advise them of the problem.

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