Grinding clicking sounds?

Sbuckner

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Nov 8, 2012
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Hello,
My laptop keeps making a grinding crackling noise along with a loud clicking coming from the top right side of the laptop. Only a year old, most definately not the speakers and i am keeping it well ventilated, the latop does not freeze or lag.

So it didnt at first then started happening only when i over used it then i turned it off and it goes away, not it happens when its been turned on for about 5mins. My laptop is an Acer Aspire S3

Should I be really concerned? what do you think would be making this?
 

zcoot

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Aug 14, 2012
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Ok I did a bit of looking around and noticed the hard drive is placed exactly where that noise is coming from.

So likely case is your hard drive is on the way out.

Picture of where hard drive is:
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