Disturbing noise left speaker

I bought my MacBook two months ago. So far, everything was working properly until yesterday. The left speaker has started to make a disturbing noise. It seems related to the magsafe but I am not sure. Outside of the noise, everything seems to work ok but the noise is really loud and really worrying. I shut off the volume of the two speakers but still have the same noise. It is not constant, generally every 15 mns. The computer make the noise even if it is not charging. When I press slowly on the left corner, the noise stops immediately?? I am really carefull with my mac. It did not felt. The noise appeard just like that.
Anyone has experienced the same noise??? I live in Haiti so I don’t have access to an Apple store or retailer.
Please help!!!!!

Yah, I got that problem and if you search around on these boards you will see that we are not alone. I have no idea what could be causing it, and it seems fairly random when it occurs. Not sure if its hardware or software related. Hopefully someone will figure this out soon.

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