Display making clicking/creaking noise randomly but often

Hello,
I just got a brand new macbook pro and the screen makes a clicking/creaking sounds fairly often, enough to bother me. It will make the sound when I move the screen or just random times while using it. Is there anything I can do to fix it? Should I try to take it in to get it looked at? I took my computer in last week for it being slow, mentioned this sound and didn't really get a response about it and it was loud in the apple store so he couldn't hear it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

Hi there...I had a similar problem with my iPod classic...took it to the Genius Bar and they told me that it was dead. I got home and with a very fine screwdriver, prised the case apart. I then tapped the hard disk very gently and blew on the connections three times. I then put the case back together and toggled the hold switch and - hey presto - my iPod is working perfectly If yours isn;t under warranty then you might want to try this...hope this helps!

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