Clunk sound every 30 secs or so, how Do I turn this off?

I have a new MBP and it's driving me crazy. It makes this thunk/clunk sound every 20 to 30 seconds or so. It's not loud, but is very annoying at night, when everything is quiet (except my new wonderful computer). It sounds like a low xylophone tap. I opened sounds to try and identify the sound. After listening to all the alert sounds, this sound is not there. any ideas what might be causing it? and how can I turn it off?
thanks so much!!!!!
mbp 15" 2.16GHz, G3 blueberry iBook, white 2GB nano Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Mine does that as well (when the machine is idling). But since my tibook used to do that as well (and many laptops from other brands), i never saw it as something out of the ordinary.
Does your MBP do that often, or maybe even when the drive is not idle? If so, it could be related to Sudden Motion Sensor.
You could try disabling it temporarily to see if that changes anything. The instructions are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300724
Also, you can try ticking off the "Put the hard drive(s) to sleep" option in Energy Saver (in Preferences) although i doubt it will change anything.

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