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Weird clicking noise

RossMcleod

RossMcleod

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May 12, 2010
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It's coming from my new MBP, no idea why. If it's a notification or something.

Not when I do anything in particular and it's intermittent.

Take a headphone jack and tap it off you MBP lightly, it sounds like that but with more of a ting.

:confused:
 
Could be your hard drive going out. That would be pretty rare, especially as it's a new MBP, but anything's possible. Are your files backed up? If not, you might want to start backing up your important documents to an external hard drive. If your hard drive goes out, you'll lose everything.

It would be best to have someone take a look at the machine.
 
so many threads on this clicking noise. most cases it is absolutely normal, mine does it from time to time also. no worries! enjoy your mbp!
 
dsprimal said:
so many threads on this clicking noise. most cases it is absolutely normal, mine does it from time to time also. no worries! enjoy your mbp!
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probably 9 times out of 10 it is the SMS module engaging. It doesn't take much to engage the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor). The clicking is the hard drive heads parking in a safe location. This is a good thing!
 
vbman213 said:
probably 9 times out of 10 it is the SMS module engaging. It doesn't take much to engage the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor). The clicking is the hard drive heads parking in a safe location. This is a good thing!
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It keeps happening. Define 'It doesn't take much to engage the SMS'.

When I type it sometimes clicks. Really beginning to annoy me but don't want to return it if it's something simple.
 
People are ignorant, it is not the HD. HD makes no noticeable sound at all. Its a "defect" with the new macbook pros.

You can solve it by placing a thin cloth, like the included apple cloth, folded in half over the battery (place on left hand side). The battery moving/wobbling down a few mms on the left side is what makes the noise.
 
cloroxbleach4 said:
It's just the hard drive head parking it self.

I believe you can change it in the energy saving preferences.
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Disabled SMS via Terminal and issue persists. :(

maximus06 said:
People are ignorant, it is not the HD. HD makes no noticeable sound at all. Its a "defect" with the new macbook pros.

You can solve it by placing a thin cloth, like the included apple cloth, folded in half over the battery (place on left hand side). The battery moving/wobbling down a few mms on the left side is what makes the noise.
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Any proof this is a known issue? Really don't want to have to open this thing unless I have to.

Also, putting a cloth on there might cause heating issues would it not, bit of an unusual solution?
 
DoFoT9 said:
have you noticed any performance issues to indicate hard drive failure?

run a few tests, use Disk Utility etc.
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Nope, everything seems fine to be honest.

Ran Disk Utility, all appears to be ok, any other test's I should know about?

Thanks for everyones help so far by the way! :)
 
RossMcleod said:
Nope, everything seems fine to be honest.

Ran Disk Utility, all appears to be ok, any other test's I should know about?

Thanks for everyones help so far by the way! :)
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maybe get Disk Warrior and see how that goes?

if disk utility isnt finding anything then i think you will be fine. just be sure to backup.!
 
maximus06 said:
People are ignorant, it is not the HD. HD makes no noticeable sound at all. Its a "defect" with the new macbook pros.

You can solve it by placing a thin cloth, like the included apple cloth, folded in half over the battery (place on left hand side). The battery moving/wobbling down a few mms on the left side is what makes the noise.
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Are you crazy? I really really hope that is a sarcastic answer.

This sound is most certainly the SMS and your HDD locking because of it.

End of thread.
 
Bottom line is that the machine should not be doing this. It looks like it will have to go in for repair. If it does let us know what they ended up doing.
 
I had the same issue in my 13" MBP (Early 2010) and it turned out to be the SMS. Didn't think it was the SMS because none of my other MB/MBPs have done this in the past. I disabled the SMS and tested and it didn't happen anymore. When I turned it back on, it still didn't happen so apparently disabling and re-enabling the SMS fixed it. I fixed it by disabling and re-enabling SMS from Terminal. Run "sudo pmset -a sms 0" and then run "sudo pmset -a sms 1".
 
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