Default Volume Setting??

I posted this message a couple weeks ago over in the Tiger forum yet no response. I think it really belongs over there since this problem is observed on all my Intel Tiger versions and on none of my PPC Tiger versions. Oh well, here it is...
I have six macs all running the latest version of Tiger.
Three G3 and G4 Macs and three duo core intel Macs. One MacBook and two Minis.
The three duo core machines are all nearly brand new - about a week old. It seems that no matter where I set the system volume control, after a reboot, the volume reverts to a default setting just over the half way point.
However, all three PPC Macs will always "remember" the preferred volume setting after any and all reboots.
This seems like a flaw in the Intel version of Tiger since only the three brand new Intel machines behave this way.
Yes, I've repaired permissions.
This is important to me since all the machines share a single set of speakers through a KVM. To set the volume to my liking and have it stay there would be nice.
Is anyone else seeing this behavior?

I think an issue tied into this topic is the fact that the way Intel based boards initialize during boot-up is different. Also, each model will have a slightly different BIOS/CMOS.
Most likely the Macs with Intel-based boards do not have a BIOS that supports "boot sounds" via the external jack (or Apple has not yet enabled this feature for one reason or another).
On my mini, part way through the start up process, I can hear a faint pop from my external speakers. It's my guess this is when the audio driver is finally loaded.
The G4 Cubes have audio oddities of a similar nature due to the fact that all their sound must be sent over USB. In that case, Apple created a special routine that would load the audio elements as soon as possible, otherwise those users would have had no start up sound at all.
As far as the MacBook and volume level goes (and he was a bit non-committal on the response, imo ) it's quite possible that a) their particular BIOS has been updated/fixed to support saving the volume level between reboots, or b) the version of OS X running on those MacBooks is a special revision that has a fix in itself - if they are indeed storing this setting.
A third possibility is that the volume level IS being saved but only for internal speakers (which the MacBook has).

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