It's very quiet out there :) You are using BIOS version 1005, while the newest one for your board is 1014. Would you dare trying an upgrade? http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_nn.aspx?model=P5GD1&product=1&f_name=&type=BIOS&SLanguage=en-us -- [Dapper] Shut Down won't power off https://launchpad.net/bugs/42160