New 13 inch MBP Hard Drive Click Help!

[Tudeski]

I just bought a new 13 inch macbook pro. While i was calibrating the battery i heard a slight click....I thought it was just me at the time and didn't think anything of it. I heard it again 10 minutes later. I am now hearing it when i use the machine very, very quit, and not totally consistent with time or anything else.


Just got this machine on Thursday morning. Suggestions? Is this machine ok, or should I bring it back tot he store I purchased it from?

Suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[nufanec]

Where on the MacBook did the noise come from? It sounds like the sudden motion sensor making the hard drive heads park.

The MacBook Pros are fitted with a sudden motion sensor to provide protection to the hard drive that is quite often (at least in my case) a bit over exuberant at times - often I find that even small movement can cause the drive heads to park and produce a clicking noise. It can be annoying at times, but its one of those things. It's for the good.

 

[dissdnt]

Any faint beeps after the click? A lot of people are having this issue with the new 7200 drives, like me. They are working on a fix supposedly.

 

[Brandon Heat]

it might be the motion sensor (hard drive)

 

[Tudeski]

It seems to be coming from bottom right of the keyboard (the part closest to you, on the right, where the arrows are).

Does that make sense? It does click when I move it. That might be it. No beeps after it clicks though. That is a protection thing?

Man, THIS FORUM IS BETTER THAN CALLING APPLE!

ps--what happens if it does beep after the hard drive heads park?--is that problematic?