Clicking Noise from New U410

Bought a brand new U410 two weeks ago. Nice computer, but I notice a clicking noise which I assume is originating from the hard drive every so often. It's very low, but noticeable. Tried a few apps to quiet the drive but none worked.
Downloaded a couple of programs to test the hard drive and all is well.
Do others have this clicking noise and if so can I assume it is just the hard drive with power management feature parking the heads?
TIA!

Hi
Welcome to the community.
As your concern clicking noise occurs, I would suggest you to please visit the mentioned below web link and update the Bios.
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&DocID=HT073650
After this, please restart the system and check if the issue resolved.
Regards,
Sameer
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