Crazy static noise out of my monitors

A few weeks ago I was running Logic 7 on an old G4, and at times when I would open another program simultaneously I would get crazy loud static noise coming out of my BX8 monitors. I've recently bought an imac, and just now as I was doing some MIDI recording the same thing happened...it was very scary. I run Logic through my mbox and use core audio, and i suspect it might have something to do with these. Has anyone encountered this? Please help, I am afraid to turn my monitors back on. Thanks.
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Hi Daniel,
does the noise change when you close or move windows? If so, you might want to download the CHUD-tools (search versiontracker or macupdate) and disable the NAP mode.
Works for me with the built in on a G5...
cheers
Martin
p.s.: Although it's harmless to deactivate the Nap-mode (puts the processor to sleep) for a desktop, I would not do this on my PowerBook. It would not only raise the powerconumption. It could also run me into overheating problems.

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