Mac Pro desktop Dual 3.0 Xeon Osx10.7.5 12 GB why do my cooling fans speed up for no apparent reason?

Got a 2006 mac pro desktop, dual 3.0 Xeon, running OSX 10.7.5, and sometimes, the fans will speed up, and run at max, even though the CPU is running cool... sleeping the computer for a minute, and then turn it back on seems to stop it for a while. Any ideas?

It would be a 5160, stock? and could be faulty FBDIMMs even.
You have never had this before and you have run 10.7.5 for.. year or more? and didn't make any changes, software or hardware?
What does iStatPro or Hardware Monitor show for sensor and fan readings? More helpful than "max" or as to how cold it runs.

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