Mac Pro 2x2,8 Ghz - Fan Noise - Please help evaluate

Hi Guys,
Since yesterday, I'm the proud owner of a Mac Pro 2x2,8 - Really happy - really nice machine.
However I'm slightly irritated by the posts I've read all over the internet, saying that you can't hear the fans of this machine at all in idle.
As you may have guessed, my box is not silent at all - it is quite quiet compared to other noisy PCs, yes, but no match for the previous iMac 24" which it replaced. You could hardly hear the iMac versus now the Mac Pro... you notice it's there... sitting under the desk - audible.
I realize that fan noise is highly subjective, and I'm using the Mac in a completely silent environment. No AC, no nothing. I've tried the following: removing the hard drive and silencing the graphics card... Upon bootup the Mac would quickly "turbo" it's fans and then go to it's normal state. The loudest fan (which is drowning out all other noise) is the one at the bottom front (CPU?).
Looking at istat, it's in normal parameters (500rpm or so) and doesn't move up or down...
Comparing it to other devices, it would sound like a PS3 when having played 1 hour (fan speed at level 2-3) or an (quiet) xbox in idle mode (dvd not spinning). I know... geeky comparisons
Now, again - not close to my interpretations of "whisper quiet" "can't hear it at all"... "only hear it when I put my ear to the grill" "sounds like it's cooled passively"
Which makes me think that either
a) people out there are deaf /
or
b) my Mac needs a closer look by a genius
Would really appreciate your opinions.
Thanks,
Tom

hey tom,
you might have the same problem i have. I have the 2.8 octo 2008 mac pro. and it used to be whisper quiet. I was amazed. But recently as in the last few weeks the graphics card fan has become audible. I put in an e sata adapter last week and while inside the mac pro I took a look at the fan to see if it was dusty or visibly distressed. Nope. Couldn't find anything wrong with it. So now i'm just dealing with the noise. Which is too bad cause I really really really don't like fan noise. But the air conditioners on most of the time now so I really can't complain about a little fan noise compared to the ac's grumbling.
but i'd like to know if others are having this problem
thanks,
jayson
www.oldchildprojects.com
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Can anybody help me? Here are the log entries.
Wed Oct 22 20:13:45 2008
Machinne-cc caklitipati0xite
Wed Oct 22 20:20:04 2008
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0A03000MC 0ATUin204000 d0x0a3l0020C0 2SMAC3M i4_STxd4 0xA40000020000US(0x0va1 i0dal1 0val2A32MA200C4C4ASTATUIA310x0x115): 5xx: 0b000000000000f1 000 C001A errorvaco32d
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orrected error
: 0E0rr r e Pro Un conccalrcorrxupt
001A42CB): led
UncoMachine Creck (CPU:3, thread:0x2a13050, trapno:0x12, err:0x0),registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x171308c0, CR3: 0x01080000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x2457d000, ECX: 0x00000001, EDX: 0x00000000
ESP: 0x14493eb0, EBP: 0x14493f18, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x2456413c
EFL: 0x00000046, EIP: 0x00c8fcd7
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x2456aee8 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x2456af0c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x2456af28 : 0x1a42cb (0x3d27fc 0x3 0x2a13050 0x12)
0x2456b0e8 : 0x19c103 (0x2456b100 0x0 0x0 0x0) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x14493f18
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386
Wed Oct 22 20:53:39 2008
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eAC3 rMC0rtortiAr rx4M1):egs0S:AT0SIA32_MC0STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
IA32MC1STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32MC2STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32MC3STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
IA32MC4STATUS10x
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Wed Oct 22 20:57:23 2008
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Wed Oct 22 21:03:54 2008
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rx12, err:0x0),registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x01080000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x010a2120, EBX: 0x14243000, ECX: 0x004b2000, EDX: 0x0000000c
ESP: 0x1429beb0, EBP: 0x1429bf18, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x004b213c
EFL: 0x00000246, EIP: 0x00c8fde3
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x439d58 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x439d7c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x439d98 : 0x1a42cb (0x3d27fc 0x0 0x2a15c64 0x12)
0x439f58 : 0x19c103 (0x439f70 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x1429bf18 : 0x1a5b9a (0x10 0x1429bf44 0x1a3736 0x6)
0x1429bf38 : 0x19e871 (0x0 0x1429bf94 0x19822c 0x206)
0x1429bf58 : 0x1360c4 (0x0 0x136064 0x0 0x2a15c64)
0x1429bfc8 : 0x19b21c (0x0 0xffffffff 0x19e0b5 0x2a0cdfc) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel version:

Hi Mr Savage, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Unless we're dealing with some foriegn language I'm not aware of here, then this sort of stuff...
Machine-cchc k caapaibiiiiet
would likely indicate HW of some kind... EAM, CPU, Mobo, but to elinate orger things like SW, unplug any peripherals you can, boot off the Install disk and see how long it runs off that... several Utilities will show up once you put in the Language.

Problem with mac pro 2x2.93 GHZ Dual Core and Mini Display Port

Finally I see the button to create new post!
I would like to explain a problem I have with my mac pro 2x2.93 GHZ Dual Core Intel Xeon processors and the ATI Radeon HD 4870.
I have two 30 "Apple. After buying the new Mac Pro is one of the two monitors, only with the monitor all black, small horizontal lines.
This happens only to the monitor connected to the mini display port... So if you reverse it monitors the problem always moves on the board connected to the Mini Display Port.
Apple has already changed my video card and the adapter but the problem is still there.
Someone can tell me if it is the ATI Radeon HD 4870 that has problems to have two monitors 30 "? Or it could be that the mini display port that is hard to read the two monitors and when the background is black (RGB-255-255-255) makes these lines?
Through the Apple store I then bought a new card (EVGA GeForce GTX 285 "). Unfortunately, after three weeks of waiting is not yet arrived. Proof that I want to do before returning to telephone assistance is whether on a card that has two dual-link DVI ports normal all goes well.
Sorry for the repetition of messages, but my English is very bad. This is the first time I connect to this site support
Mario
Message was edited by: marioart

In any case, this system does not support two 30".
I honestly don't think the 4870 with that adapter can support two 30". Just using the adapter itself would not give me the normal resolutions on my 30, where as the DVI port did. Luckily for me the adapter worked fine on my 20".
Truly I don't know why Apple would sell a card and not say just what displays it can power.
So I worked around my problem fine but I chose to get the 285 also. My question to you though is, did Apple make you pay for it? Was it part of a deal with them because the Radeon didn't work? You might want to talk to them about that. That is one expensive card.

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Good day Mac Pro users/technicians!!
So, a quick overview of my hardware, then of my problem. My Mac Pro 1,1 has 6 GB of RAM, the latest edition of Snow Leopard, and a brand new ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card (formerly an nVidia GeForce GT 8800 for Mac, that "burnt out" a couple months ago from excessive use, I guess).
Through the past 6 months or so (I think it's been that long), every once in awhile, when I attempt to sleep the computer, everything appears to spin down properly, the screen goes dark, and then within a second or two, it wakes itself, and the Mac Pro's primary fan spins up to max speed and STAYS AT MAXIMUM SPEED INDEFINITELY! Functionality remains normal, but I have to "hard" shutdown (not just reboot) the computer to get the fan to stop. The fan NEVER spins up to max speed (except briefly at startup, or sometimes the GPU fan spins up during graphics intensive processes), ever, except when I try to sleep the computer (or when I leave the computer on, and it attempts to sleep itself according to my energy saver preference). This problem used to occur only sometimes. Now it occurs almost everytime the machine is slept. As a consequence, I have to leave it on always, or shut it down completely, otherwise I'll arrive at my office/awake from sleep to the sound of a vacuum cleaner beneath my desk.
I researched Google as best as I could, to find other examples of this problem (as well as this forum/community). There were many people who reported incidences of unexpected fan-spin-up on older G5s, some other 2006 Woodcrests, and 2008 Nehalems, but none that I could find for the same reason or same duration (endless!!) as in my case.
THINGS I'VE TRIED:
1. I have tried the SMC reset (shut-down, remove power cord, hold power button for 5 seconds).
2. I downloaded a temperature monitor application to check for bad heat sensors, and everything appeared OK (which makes some logical sense to me, since I could run the computer undlessly without experiencing this problem unless I try to sleep it -- if a processor core/other heat sensor were bad, I presume that fan would be spinning up whenever the computer is on)
CPU Core temps range from 30-36 deg. C
Memory modules from 54-58 deg. C
The highest reading is from the "Northbridge Heat Sink" which peaks at 65 deg. C
The lowest from the "Ambient Air" sensor at 20 deg. C
3. Removed all peripheral devices prior to startup, but still able to reproduce problem
Can anyone suggest a course of action, besides something drastic like re-installing the system? Does this sound like some kind of hardware failure? I can always give up on sleeping the machine entirely, though it is quite convenient to be able to leave it on when I've got something running, and trust that it will go to sleep on its own without waking up the neighbors, or burn out it's fans from prolonged usage when I'm away.
Thanks for your help!
-saucony_jabroni (enthusiastically coddling his 5+ year old computer into the next decade!!)

Thanks again, Hatter for your help. Unfortunately, I'm still experiencing my problem. I don't use a UPS, since I live in a suburban area where we rarely lose power. I DO use a Tributaries brand surge surpressor, with indicator lights that confirm the device is protected and grounded. I'm not sure how I would test that my Mac Pro's PSU unit is faulty.
I attempted to run the Apple Hardware Test, and failed at that as well, for a reason which is off-topic (Maybe this part of the discussion should be moved to another forum). Sometime after installing Snow Leopard, I decided it would be a good idea to set up a firmware password on my Mac Pro, to prevent anyone from tinkering with my system. Unfortunately, doing so prevents booting from the OS X Snow Leopard install DVD. I spent a couple hours last night trying to disable my EFI password temporarily, and was unable to do so. According to Apple's instructions, the user must reboot their computer while depressing the Option key to pull up the EFI password prompt. When I do that, my Mac Pro appears to start the boot process normally (all the ordinary spin-up sounds of hard drives/fans/etc.), but the monitor never illuminates, and the boot process seems to stall. If I press the power button to re-boot, the machine shuts down immediately, without requiring a "hard" reboot. Is it possible that my EFI password prompt DOES come up, but ISN'T being displayed on screen? I have noticed that since I got my new graphics card (the ATI 5770), my screen remains blank right up until the end of the boot process. Maybe the updated OS X boot ROM doesn't initialize the new graphics card early enough in the boot process to view the EFI password entry prompt, or somesuch thing?
I apologize for the high degree of speculation in this latest post. I rattled it off JUST before heading off to work, and probably wasn't as clear about some stuff as I could have been. If you have any ideas why I can't pull up an EFI password prompt, so that I can disable my firmware password temporarily, and run Apple Hardware Test, I'd be curious to know what they are. If you think this post should be adapted for a different forum, I can do that after work today. If you think I should just go ahead and upgrade to a new Mac Pro, I'd be happy for that recommendation as well, but this WHOLE fiasco does seem to trivial in origin for such a drastic move. This machine still runs everything SO well.
Thanks for all you do!

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TenFourFox 4.0.1 Firefox 4 For PowerPC Browser Released
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Mozilla.org dropped support for OS 10.5 after Firefox 3.6 and for Power
PC with the fourth beta of Firefox 4.
TenFourFox uses almost all the same code as Firefox 4 and has nearly all
the same features, including faster JavaScript, WebM video, and HTML 5
and CSS 3 support, as well as new and emerging Web features, but with
the code needed to keep your Power Mac functional and fast. Out of beta
and it's ready for action, versiob 4.0.1 is a performance, security and
stability update incorporating Mozilla's Firefox 4.0.1 plus AltiVec acceler
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For more information, visit:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Source: from http://www.applelinks.com - posted April 25, 2011)
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http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
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http://dynamic.telestream.net/downloads/download-flip4macwmv.htm
But the latest news is that Microsoft will probably abandon Silverlight in favour of HTML5:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/29/apples_ios_pushes_microsoft_to_dia l_down_silverlight_for_html5.html and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11673384

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It is Not available as a download... It is a Paid Upgrade.
Do this first...
Check that your Mac meets the System Requirements for Snow Leopard...
Snow Leopard Tech Specs
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
If so Contact Apple in your Country to Purchase a Snow Leopard Disc...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
In the US...
1-800-MY-APPLE or 1-800-676-2775
After the Successful Install, run Software Update to get the latest updates for Snow Leopard.
Be sure to make a Backup of your Current System Before Upgrading...

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Do you 'see' Windows volume on the Desktop as being physically there?
Opened Disk Utility and look at the drives and volumes: Windows volumne is still present.

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