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ugh help with low faint clicking( 3 day old macbook)

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Tomatoking

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 3, 2008
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i keep getting a faint clicking noise from my macbook. it's not from my speakers, seeing how i muted it and it i still hear it. it's coming from over the "return" key.

sounds like this guys' and happens every 15 seconds or so:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivXN_XX1ss


harddrive failure soon?
 
diamond.g

diamond.g

macrumors G4
Mar 20, 2007
11,114
2,444
OBX
I am pretty sure that is the sound of the HD heads trying to park. I hear the same soft clicking noise in my Macbook. It only became noticeable after I upgraded the drive.

I am not sure why the drive is trying to be so aggressive with the head parking, I don't know if it is something with the Macbook firmware or not.
 
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m1ss1ontomars

macrumors 6502
Oct 1, 2006
273
2
Have any of you ever owned a computer before? Sheesh, this is the same sound I've heard since I was like 3. It is indeed the heads parking.

Maybe I've just had the misfortune of using subpar, noisy hard drives my entire life...
 
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