TA43884 No chime at startup and no beeps.

Hi, at startup I do not hear the chime but the G4/533MHZ boots up normally.
There are no beeps to be heard so I guess the RAM/ROM is ok.
Only strange thing is, the fan is making a lot of noise, then goes quiet and then speeds up again fast.
Should the fan be replaced or is this a signal somethings wrong with the power supply?

Thnx for the reply.
I spend an hour dusting out. I opened up the power supply and cleaned it altough it wasn't that bad with the dust it contained. I removed the fan and cleaned it.
I even removed the fixed plastic sidepanel and removed the dust from the holes in the metal plate.
When I powered on the machine the blowing sound was still loud and after 2 minutes it started again going slower and faster. I shutdown the machine and waited 2 minuted before I turned it on again. The loud noise started from the beginning but it remained constant altough very loud.
I have an identical G4 and then I started it up to compare the sound. This one is very quiet. You only hear the humming sound of the fan while the other one seems to be very loud nois from the power supply so I think I will have to replace it. The chime I still didn't  hear so I wanted to check out that link you gave me but it takes me to http://www.apple.com/support/?artnum=2238 a product page.
I will go and see if I can find something about PRAM reset here on the forum.
Thnx again for your advice!

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