13" making cricket noises

hi, my macbook pro is only 3 months old and i noticed 3 days back that it's making a cricket noise while i'm running programmes and when i open them. it was never there before and i like my quiet mac, one of the reasons i got it in the first place! went to the mac store today to maintainance and they said they couldn't hear anything. i don't think it's me cause this noise is quite obvious. any idea what's up? he said he ran a test and my hard drive is fine. but the noise is still there. any suggestions?

alright. thanks man. i will let apple care take care of it. i was so shocked when the apple dude said he couldn't hear a noise. i'm gonna get opinions of people who are around me to see whether they can hear anything. and if so, i will go back to apple and say there is a sound at this frequency and what's up. cause it's really distracting and even now when i'm studying in silence there's a bunch of crickets in my room. the sounds comes more often and becomes more noticeable when i open programs and such but it also comes around when i am just reading my online book.
thanks for your help ibosie, much appreciated

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