Macbook Pro Sudden Motion Sensor Stuck

[v0lume4]

A few times over the past couple of weeks, including a few minutes ago, the sudden motion sensor on my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro becomes stuck, making the "clicking" noise over and over again. Unlike normal, it doesn't click once, it clicks time after time until I intentionally jolt the computer quickly to make it re-activate then act normally again. Am I the only one with this problem? Perhaps resetting the SMC or PRAM could fix this? Thanks.

 

[justperry]

A few times over the past couple of weeks, including a few minutes ago, the sudden motion sensor on my Mid-2010 MacBook Pro becomes stuck, making the "clicking" noise over and over again. Unlike normal, it doesn't click once, it clicks time after time until I intentionally jolt the computer quickly to make it re-activate then act normally again. Am I the only one with this problem? Perhaps resetting the SMC or PRAM could fix this? Thanks.

Are you sure it's what you think it is, if you hear the clicking i think it's the HD going bad, I just tried on mine and I have to put my ear on the laptop to hear it.

I do know though that if you hear fairly loud clicking it's the HD on it's way out, check smart status and keep your backup up to date.

 

[v0lume4]

I'm afraid that's the case. The SMART status says verified under Disk Utility, so here's to hoping it was just a SMS glitch. Time will tell if resetting the SMC did anything. Thanks!