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

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Tomatoking

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 15, 2008

• #1

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?

 

bobjob186

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 16, 2008

• #2

let it work for a few days see if it persists, try reformatting it too maybe that will help

 

diamond.g

macrumors G5

• Jul 17, 2008

• #3

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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Tomatoking

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 17, 2008

• #4

i hope so.i might bring it to my apple store though

 

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m1ss1ontomars

macrumors 6502

• Aug 9, 2008

• #5

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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*Sandy*

macrumors 6502

• Aug 10, 2008

• #6

Normal 🙂