Click sound on every restart

Since updating to 10.5.6 whenever I restart I hear a very audible single click sound coming from the speakers. I never heard this before.

Hi iGreg,
I posted this question a long time ago to ... never had a answer to it.
Also I investigated the web like Google to find anything as you describe, but nothing found.
Since updating to 10.5.6 whenever I restart I hear a very audible single click sound coming from the speakers.
The sound you hear has nothing to with the latest update 10.5.6 from Apple. I hearted the click sound for the first time since running Tiger 10.4x.
Dimaxum

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