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Clicking noise every minute from macbook

aureiden

aureiden

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Mar 7, 2007
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Not sure from where in my macbook it's coming, but it started recently. The only thing that changed recently is that i relocated it to a different city, but i don't see why that would cause this. Clicking isn't really the right word to describe the noise...it's like a sweeping click. "Shtock." And it gets louder if i increase the volume on my computer, but it's definitely not coming from any application. And it usually goes off every minute, but sometimes there are breaks of two minutes or so.

Any input would be appreciated!

Edit: Never mind, it doesn't get louder as i increase the volume. The volume of the noise seems to fluctuate on its own.
 
aureiden said:
Never mind, it doesn't get louder as i increase the volume. The volume of the noise seems to fluctuate on its own.
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same here! i got this clicky noise i think its comin' from my hard drive.

i watched decunstruction on hard drives. yikes. the reader/writer head has only a cusion of air. this is caused by some air somwhere. if there was no air, it would crash lol. maybe the head is touching a part of the hard drive and messing that part up. i feel that it is the head because it only clicks when i move my macbook just slightly. the first time i heard it, i freaked out and copyed stuff over to my external hard drive. i hope you have a external hdd becuz that will be good just incase... because it sounds like your macbook is worse than mine. if u got leopard, and a external hdd, then ur good if u got time machine on. lol
 
If you hear clicking coming from your drives, which that's most likely where the sound is coming from, then BACKUP YOUR DATA IMMEDIATELY! Good chance your drive is on its way to death.
 
I did back up, but i don't hear it anymore. I hope it doesn't come back!
 
Well, it never used to make that sound. And i use it as a desktop, so it is rarely moved, if that matters.
 
Is it a seagate drive? I've experienced similar things with that brand drive. Otherwise, it might be premature drive failure.
 
It's the default drive that came with my mac, but could it be my external that's making the noise? I have an iomega.
 
Well, i know that; it's just that the clicking has stopped, so i can't tell (but that doesn't mean i'm not concerned).
 
Hi there,
I've got the same problem here with my Macbook Pro 13". I bought it back in September 2009 and since then it's making this "clicking" noise. The clicks occur in gaps of one or two minutes and sometimes they aren't even there. It's quite annoying if there is no other sound in the room. The harddrive is the original one from Apple a FUJITSU MJA2500BH FFS G1 Media 500GB.
Should I go to apple with this?
 
No I couldn't hear anything when I moved it fast. It's always on a table when it starts clicking.
 
I can understand your situation but your hard disk needs extra diagnosis so what you have to do is to consult a data recovery company who are specialists in it. I also used the services from "Recovermypc" to recover my lost data because of hard drive crash.
I haven’t seen any other sites that does that, was very valuable in my case.
 
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