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    crunching/scraping sound when moving computer

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by wangert57, Aug 19, 2010.

  1. wangert57

    wangert57 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys,

    when i move my computer sometimes, i.e. lift it off the desk to relocate it, i heard a violent, audible crunch/scraping sound from the right side of my laptop (to the right of the touchpad). is this my hard drive?? should i be concerned? is it hitting against the internal sides of my unibody casing?

    thanks and I just got this baby 2 weeks ago.
     
    wangert57, Aug 19, 2010
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  2. Kaelang

    Kaelang Requires more Witcher.

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    If there's nothing around your computer, I would assume there's something wrong with it. Can take a picture of the area the sound comes from? Or even a video of what's happening?
     
    Kaelang, Aug 19, 2010
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  3. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    It could be the hard drive parking the head, because all macbooks have a motion sensor that parks the hard drive head when moved. But it could be something else, it's really hard to tell.
     
    Seshan, Aug 20, 2010
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  4. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have a disc in your CD drive, then it could be the sound of that scraping around in the drive.
     
    Budding, Aug 20, 2010
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