metallic click Sound

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metallic click Sound

Heres the the i just bought this lovely macbookpro 15" . now th strange thing is the every time i touch or move this laptop i get this strange metallic clicking noise coming from somewhere under the keyboard.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

I have a 500 SSD i7 8gb

many thanks for you help

MacBookPRO 15", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 3, 2010 2:34 PM

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Answer 1

CT

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Aug 3, 2010 3:25 PM in response to Mental2

One possibility is that you are hearing the "sudden motion sensor" parking the heads of your hard drive.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2354

charlie

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Mental2 Author

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Aug 4, 2010 3:21 PM in response to CT

Thanks for that Charlie...........

Do you know if there isa way to switch this off just to double check to see if that is the true cause of the clicking sounds.

Many Thanks

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CT

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Aug 4, 2010 4:17 PM in response to Mental2

You can give this a try...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1934

charlie

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Mental2 Author

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Aug 10, 2010 3:15 PM in response to CT

Hello Charlie,
I tried what you suggested but this did not resolve my problem. Since I have a SSD it was a bit of a long shot. Anyway i done a bit of digging and came up with some other people having the same issue.

Here are the sites just FYI.
But i don't think i will be doing what they recommend to solve the problem.

Many thanks for you input.......

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2414410&start=30&tstart=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJmpervXe9M

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DMHawaii

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Oct 24, 2010 10:49 PM in response to Mental2

Hey everyone, I showed the Apple Store the link to the youtube video and also the link to the TenOne website. The metallic clinking noise is definitely not the hard drive and they tried to replace mine once already. It is a small and unecessary piece of plastic with little metal feet. It is one of the grounding components for the macbook pro but it is redundant and the apple store can remove it in about 3 minutes. My 2010 Unibody Macbook Pro is now completely silent! YAY

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Oct 25, 2010 1:51 PM in response to DMHawaii

Do you find the keyboard really loud when you type on it? Same with trackpad? I just bought a new MacBook Pro 13" (three days ago) and the sound of the keys is such a distraction. I used to be able to type on my old MacBook Pro without making any noise...but now I am anything but subtle.

Thanks.

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