Clicking Sound in my MacBook Aluminium

Hi there,
Over the past week I've noticed that my macbook is making these really annoying constant clicking sounds (like a clock) - it's coming from the bottom so I'm guessing it's the HD or fan??
Has anyone experienced the same problem? If so, what do you recommend I do.
I'm hoping to avoid sending it for repairs but this is pretty new so if that's the only solution, will have to do that.

Yes, me and most other unibody MacBook owners have experienced this. The TrackPad also clicks, the other sound is the HD. All is fine. Please search the forums in the future. Here is a link to one other discussions about trackpad: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9093184&#9093184

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