Clicking Noise MacBook Pro

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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
This is my first mac. I got it on March 28. That night I noticed a clicking noise from the front left corner of the laptop. It happens very periodically, sometimes every few seconds or every couple of minutes. I think this is where the hard drive is located. Is this a sign that the hard drive is already failing?? Could it be SpotLight accessing the HD for indexing?



Thanks for your help.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    nijiniji Posts: 288member
    on mine as well.

    sometimes once, sometimes 2 or 3 times together.



    i have had hard disks fail. and although this is a similiar sound, it isnt failure, i think. it also doesnt sound as if it is a disk that is unseated and seeking. and definitely not spotlight indexing.



    so, what is it?
  • Reply 2 of 5
    nostyleartnostyleart Posts: 47member
    yeah, even on my iMac, the HD sounds a little too noisy.. but my external is even louder.. I hope its not a serious problem.. But this is the quitest computer I've ever had. PCs' fans always kicked out on me.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    livatlantislivatlantis Posts: 80member
    I would definitely contact Apple about it. Any undocumented noise is bad for a new computer.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    imiloaimiloa Posts: 187member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by livatlantis

    I would definitely contact Apple about it. Any undocumented noise is bad for a new computer.



    Agreed. My MBP doesn't make a clicking noise as described above, even when I use it tilted on my lap desk in bed.



    The CPU whine is acknowledged as global, but this sounds like a mechanical issue to me.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    crampy20crampy20 Posts: 68member
    take a look down the forum, there is an exactly the same thread as this one.



    think.
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